# Accident 19800103000629A: Piper PA28181, Beatty, NV, January 3, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 3, 1980, 18:15 local time
- Place: Beatty, NV
- Airport: Beatty
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.8611° N, 116.7864° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BEATTY (BTY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.8611&lon=-116.7864&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6531C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6531C) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX80DVW09](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80DVW09) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800103000629A

## Narrative

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

AIRPLANE STRUCK A RUNWAY LIGHT TURNING OFF RUNWAY AFTER LANDING.

## 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 LAX80DVW09](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80DVW09), Jan 3, 1980: Piper PA-28 (N6531C), Beatty, NV, 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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