# Incident 19790201004409I: Piper PA28180, Waukegan, IL, February 1, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 1, 1979, 17:00 local time
- Place: Waukegan, IL
- Airport: Memorial
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.3694° N, 87.8709° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Waukegan, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.3694&lon=-87.8709&mi=10
- Aircraft: N15944, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N15944) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-180 (registry code 7102808, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28180
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 478 total, 478 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/19790201004409I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT SLID FORWARD AFTER STARTING ENGINE ON ICE. STRUCK PARKED VEHICLE.

## Other reports on N15944 (1)

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

- [Incident 19970926029089I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970926029089I), Sep 26, 1997: Piper PA28180 (N15944), Delavan, WI, Minor damage. Narrative: the pilot stated he landed on runway 18, with an airspeed of approximately 80 KTS. (The FBO reported the wind to be 040 @ 7-8 KTS.) After touchdown,…

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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