# Incident 19780830038289I: Piper PA32260, Washington, DC, August 30, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 30, 1978, 11:20 local time
- Place: Washington, DC
- Airport: Washington Nation
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ops On Grnd From Ldg/Rtrcrft
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.8951° N, 77.0364° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Washington, DC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8951&lon=-77.0364&mi=10
- Aircraft: N41528, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N41528-2017-06-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-260 (registry code 7103206, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-260) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32260
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,000 total, 20 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780830038289I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT HIT LIGHT MARKING CORNER OF HELICOPTER PAD WHILE TAXIING. NO YELLOW LINES TO GUIDE PILOT IN THIS AREA.

## Other reports on N41528 (1)

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

- [Accident 19950602041769A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950602041769A), Jun 2, 1995: Piper PA32260 (N41528), Vieques, Puerto Rico, Substantial damage, 1 fatal. Crashed into ocean shortly after takeoff. Pilot not found. Had full load of cargo. Wreckage located on ocean bottom

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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