# Incident 19801003072539I: Piper PA31T, Philadelphia, PA, October 3, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 3, 1980, 19:45 local time
- Place: Philadelphia, PA
- Airport: International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.9523° N, 75.1638° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Philadelphia, PA, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.9523&lon=-75.1638&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6189A (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31T
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,967 total, 142 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801003072539I

## Narrative

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

PILOT FELT THUMP AS HE TAXIED INTO POSITION FOR TAKEOFF. POSSIBLY STRUCK THRESHOLD LIGHT.

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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