# Accident 19800225005279A: Piper PA28181, Hobbs, NM, February 25, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 25, 1980, 10:15 local time
- Place: Hobbs, NM
- Airport: Lea Co
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.6873° N, 103.2175° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LEA COUNTY RGNL (HOB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.6873&lon=-103.2175&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2863N (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28181
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 68 total, 68 in this make and model, 23 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN80DQG04](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN80DQG04) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800225005279A

## Narrative

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

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

## 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 DEN80DQG04](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN80DQG04), Feb 25, 1980: Piper PA-28 (N2863N), Hobbs, NM, 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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