19800225005279A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA28181 · Hobbs, NM · February 25, 1980

Date
February 25, 1980 · 10:15 local
Place
Hobbs, NM
Airport
Lea Co
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N2863N
NTSB investigation
NTSBDEN80DQG04
Reported as
Piper PA28181
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
68 total68 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.

Seat slid backwards during taxi for takeoff. Pilot unable to reach controls. Airplane ran into a ditch.

As the FAA filed it

SEAT SLID BACKWARDS DURING TAXI FOR TAKEOFF. PILOT UNABLE TO REACH CONTROLS. AIRPLANE RAN INTO A DITCH.

NTSB investigation

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