# Accident 19800829038949A: Piper PA28180, Detroit, MI, August 29, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 29, 1980, 13:50 local time
- Place: Detroit, MI
- Airport: City
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.3314° N, 83.0458° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Detroit, MI, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.3314&lon=-83.0458&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6741P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6741P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-180 (registry code 7102403, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28180
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,169 total, 1,646 in this make and model, 19 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800829038949A

## Narrative

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

TWO AIRCRAFT COLLIDED TAXIING ON AIRPORT FOR TAKEOFF. ONE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT BEING OPERATED FOR PURPOSE OF FLIGHT.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

## Other reports on N6741P (1)

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

- [Incident 20070124016899I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070124016899I), Jan 24, 2007: Piper PA24180 (N6741P), Reedley, CA, Minor damage. (-23) Inspection was completed of this aircraft following a gear-up landing at Reedley muni, Reedley CA. The aircraft received minor damage to the landing gear…

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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