# Incident 19791101056249I: Piper PA28181, Middletown, RI, November 1, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 1, 1979, 17:00 local time
- Place: Middletown, RI
- Airport: Newport State
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: EJA
- Location: 41.5324° N, 71.2815° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NEWPORT STATE (UUU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5324&lon=-71.2815&mi=10
- Aircraft: N47566, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N47566-2013-09-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102807, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (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 PA28181
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 total, 250 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/19791101056249I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT STRUCK SURVEYORS TRIPOD WHICH WAS MID-RUNWAY WITHOUT ANY PRIOR NOTICE OF HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS AT AIRPORT

## Other reports on N47566 (1)

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

- [Accident 19900519016759A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900519016759A), May 19, 1990: Piper PA28181 (N47566), South Bethlehem, NJ, Substantial damage. Tried to land in severe crosswind. Up wind wing came up. Drifted into trees. Crosswind component exceeded.

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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