# Incident 19801105078979I: Piper PA31T1, Wilmington, NC, November 5, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 5, 1980, 16:37 local time
- Place: Wilmington, NC
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.2257° N, 77.9447° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wilmington, NC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2257&lon=-77.9447&mi=10
- Aircraft: N23424 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31T1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 12,000 total, 1,000 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/19801105078979I

## Narrative

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

AIR FORCE F4 INTERCEPTED PLANE NEAR ADIZ. OPERATED WITHIN 100 FEET OF WINGTIP.

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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