# Incident 19800114013739I: Piper PA28R180, Burbank, CA, January 14, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 14, 1980, 07:17 local time
- Place: Burbank, CA
- Airport: Burbank
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ops On Grnd To Tkof/Rtrcrft
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: CLAA
- Location: 34.1901° N, 118.3264° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Burbank, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.1901&lon=-118.3264&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3976T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3976T-2012-11-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-180 (registry code 7102809, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28R180
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,650 total, 350 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/19800114013739I

## Narrative

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

PILOT STRUCK WOODEN SAWHORSE BARRICADE ON TAXIWAY DUE TO POOR VISIBILITY IN RAIN, AND CONSTRUCTION PROJECT.

## Other reports on N3976T (3)

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

- [Incident 19950817032359I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950817032359I), Aug 17, 1995: Piper PA28R180 (N3976T), Tooele, UT, Minor damage. Gear warning in override. Landed gear up.
- [Incident 19800306029519I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800306029519I), Mar 6, 1980: Piper PA28/ (N3976T), Riverside, CA. While IFR in heavy rain, all navaids quit and engine ran rough. Radar vectored to landing.
- [Incident 19781208022929I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781208022929I), Dec 8, 1978: Piper PA28R200 (N3976T), Stockton, CA, Minor damage. Pilot distracted by concern of wake turbulance from preceding large jet. Failed to extend the landing gear.

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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