# Incident 19791004050709I: Piper PA32*, West Chicago, IL, October 4, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 4, 1979, 17:45 local time
- Place: West Chicago, IL
- Airport: Du Page
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.9071° N, 88.2480° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DUPAGE (DPA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9071&lon=-88.2480&mi=10
- Aircraft: N36219, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N36219-2017-06-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32RT-300 (registry code 7103215, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32rt-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,000 total, 100 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/19791004050709I

## Narrative

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

PILOT TAXIED INTO THE RAISED EDGE OF CONCRETE RAMP, DAMAGED NOSE GEAR AND PROP.

## Other reports on N36219 (2)

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

- [Accident 19840728035509A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840728035509A), Jul 28, 1984: Piper PA32RT300 (N36219), Sandwich, IL, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Center of gravity past aft limit and over maximum weight. Took off with tailwind, hit trees at end of runway.
- [Incident 19790902034059I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790902034059I), Sep 2, 1979: Piper PA32RT300 (N36219), Sugar Grove, IL, Minor damage. Pilot lost directional control on roll out, ran off side of runway.

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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