# Accident 19791206036449A: Piper PA30, Chicago, IL, December 6, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 6, 1979, 19:29 local time
- Place: Chicago, IL
- Airport: O'Hare
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.8500° N, 87.6501° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Chicago, IL, within about 9 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.8500&lon=-87.6501&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7119Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7119Y) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-30 (registry code 7103002, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-320 series (registry code 41509, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA30
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,096 total, 1,483 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI80FEE11](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI80FEE11) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791206036449A

## Narrative

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

THE AIRCRAFT WAS STRUCK BY A BAGGAGE TUG WHILE TAXIING FOR A NIGHT DEPARTURE.

## 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 CHI80FEE11](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI80FEE11), Dec 6, 1979: Piper PA-30 (N7119Y), Chicago, IL, 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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