# Accident 19800827038679A: Piper PA32300, Denver, CO, August 27, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 27, 1980, 12:05 local time
- Place: Denver, CO
- Airport: Stapleton International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: TRSA
- Location: 39.7392° N, 104.9847° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Denver, CO, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7392&lon=-104.9847&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2282M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2282M-1989-01-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-300 (registry code 7103212, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32300
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,494 total, 135 in this make and model, 133 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN79FA058](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN79FA058) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800827038679A

## Narrative

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

COLLIDED WITH GROUND VEHICLE WHILE TAXIING FOR TAKEOFF. PILOT AND VEHICLE DRIVER NOT LOOKING.

## 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 DEN79FA058](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN79FA058), Aug 27, 1980: Piper PA-32 (N2282M), Denver, CO, substantial damage

## Other reports on N2282M (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19850827045909A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850827045909A), Aug 27, 1985: Piper PA32300 (N2282M), Bridge, ID, Destroyed. Aircraft descended slowly and impacted side of mountain. Seatbelt not used. Incapacitation possibly hypoxic.

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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