34.0109° N, 118.4982° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Santa Monica, CA, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
June 15, 1980 · 21:45 local
Place
Santa Monica, CA
Airport
Municipal
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N2989U
Reported as
Piper PA28R201T
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
151 total0 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.
Aircraft ran off edge of taxiway at night. Aircraft taxi light inoperative.
As the FAA filed it
AIRCRAFT RAN OFF EDGE OF TAXIWAY AT NIGHT. AIRCRAFT TAXI LIGHT INOPERATIVE.