# Accident 19790427007189A: Piper PA31T, Lodi, CA, April 27, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 27, 1979, 11:45 local time
- Place: Lodi, CA
- Airport: Kingdon
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ops On Grnd From Ldg/Rtrcrft
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.1216° N, 121.2908° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lodi, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.1216&lon=-121.2908&mi=10
- Aircraft: N82298 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31T
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,795 total, 249 in this make and model, 218 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK79DVD24](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK79DVD24) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790427007189A

## Narrative

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

PILOT TAXIED INTO A WATER TANK ADJACENT TO THE TAXIWAY.

## 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 OAK79DVD24](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK79DVD24), Apr 27, 1979: Piper PA-31T (N82298), Lodi, CA, substantial damage

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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