19791219044099A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-38-112 · Zephyrhills, FL · December 19, 1979

Date
December 19, 1979 · 17:40 local
Place
Zephyrhills, FL
Airport
Zephyrhills
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N801JC
NTSB investigation
NTSBMIA80DLD29
Reported as
Piper PA38112
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
77 total23 in this make and model23 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

After landing and while taxiing to ramp, airplane wing struck hay bale.

As the FAA filed it

AFTER LANDING AND WHILE TAXIING TO RAMP, AIRPLANE WING STRUCK HAY BALE.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.