# Accident 19800204002019A: Piper PA28161, Sebring, FL, February 4, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 4, 1980, 08:00 local time
- Place: Sebring, FL
- Airport: Sebring
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.4564° N, 81.3424° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SEBRING RGNL (SEF), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.4564&lon=-81.3424&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8103D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8103D-1981-12-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-161 (registry code 7102803, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-161) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28161
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 387 total, 62 in this make and model, 36 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA80DLD34](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA80DLD34) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800204002019A

## Narrative

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

WING STRUCK OBSTRUCTIONS WHILE TAXIING ON A CLOSED TAXIWAY.

## 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 MIA80DLD34](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA80DLD34), Feb 4, 1980: Piper PA-28 (N8103D), Sebring, FL, 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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