# Accident 19790912026159A: Piper PA28181, Baton Rouge, LA, September 12, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 12, 1979, 20:15 local time
- Place: Baton Rouge, LA
- Airport: Ryan
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.4507° N, 91.1546° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Baton Rouge, LA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.4507&lon=-91.1546&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3030S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3030S-1989-11-27) (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
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 415 total, 415 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW79DRD54](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW79DRD54) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790912026159A

## Narrative

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

PILOT TAXIED INTO DITCH ON TAXIWAY; WAS NOT ADVISED BY TOWER OF HAZARD.

## 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 FTW79DRD54](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW79DRD54), Sep 12, 1979: Piper PA-28 (N3030S), Baton Rouge, LA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N3030S (1)

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

- [Incident 19890614015599I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890614015599I), Jun 14, 1989: Piper PA28181 (N3030S), Watson, LA, Minor damage. Power loss on takeoff. Landed in field. Nose tire and wheel separated from aircraft after hitting mud on rollout.

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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