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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA31 · Athens, GA · April 10, 1980

Date
April 10, 1980 · 20:15 local
Place
Athens, GA
Airport
Municipal
Phase of flight
Other Ground Ops
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N6770L
Reported as
Piper PA31
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,700 total150 in this make and model0 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.

Brake went out while taxiing. Pilot tried differential power to turn. Leading edge wing and nose struck hangar.

As the FAA filed it

BRAKE WENT OUT WHILE TAXIING. PILOT TRIED DIFFERENTIAL POWER TO TURN. LEADING EDGE WING AND NOSE STRUCK HANGAR.