# Accident 19790316004799A: Piper PA28181, Tallahassee, FL, March 16, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 16, 1979, 14:30 local time
- Place: Tallahassee, FL
- Airport: Tallahassee Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ops On Grnd From Ldg/Rtrcrft
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.3968° N, 84.3509° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TALLAHASSEE INTL (TLH), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.3968&lon=-84.3509&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8470F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8470F-1985-01-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102807, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28181
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 185 total, 124 in this make and model, 11 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA79DLA23](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA79DLA23) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790316004799A

## Narrative

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

PILOT TAXIED INTO A PARKED UNOCCUPIED AIRCRAFT.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB MIA79DLA23](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA79DLA23), Mar 16, 1979: Piper PA-28 (N8470F), Tallahassee, FL, substantial damage

## Other reports on N8470F (1)

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

- [Accident 19810809050179A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810809050179A), Aug 9, 1981: Piper PA28181 (N8470F), Camilla, FL, Destroyed. VFR pilot flew into clouds en route at night in deteriorating weather. Lost control of aircraft. Advised not to go.

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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