# Incident 20251225018459I: Piper PA-18-150, Colfax, WA, December 25, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 25, 2025, 14:16 local time
- Place: Colfax, WA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.9108° N, 117.3290° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Colfax, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.9108&lon=-117.3290&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7574P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7574P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18-150 (registry code 7101828, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18-150) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-18-150
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 964 total, 560 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20251225018459I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

PILOT CONDUCTING FULL STOP LANDINGS TO MAINTAIN PILOT CURRENCY REQUIRMENTS COMPLETED A 180 DEGREE TURN AT THE END OF THE USABLE RUNWAY. UPON LINING UP, AND AT A FULL STOP, FOR DEPARTURE A WIND GUST FROM BEHIND THE AIRCRAFT CAUSED THE TAIL OF THE AIRCRAFT TO RISE. THE PILOT MADE IMMEDIATE CONTROL INPUT TO LOWER THE TAIL OF THE AIRCRAFT BUT NOT IN SUFFICIENT TIME TO STOP THE AIRCRAFT FROM PIVOTING ON THE MAIN LANDING GEAR, RESULTING IN THE PROPELLER STRICKING THE GROUND. MINOR PROPELLER DAMAGE ONLY.

## Other reports on N7574P (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19730418019599A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730418019599A), Apr 18, 1973: Piper PA18150 (N7574P), Doumecy, ID, Substantial damage. Windshield foggy. Unlighted strip. Night ops.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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