# Incident 19801126080319I: Piper PA24250, Austin, NV, November 26, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 26, 1980, 16:00 local time
- Place: Austin, NV
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.4975° N, 117.0740° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Austin, NV, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.4975&lon=-117.0740&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7304P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7304P-1997-03-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-250 (registry code 7102404, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24250
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,100 total, 250 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/19801126080319I

## Narrative

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

PILOT FLYING LOW OVER REMOTE AREA STRUCK AN ELECTRICAL WIRE WITH WING-TIP.

## Other reports on N7304P (1)

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

- [Accident 19951223047269A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19951223047269A), Dec 23, 1995: Piper PA24250 (N7304P), Death Valley, CA, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Became overdue en route. Found 6MO. Later. Info indicates descent for airport. Impacted ridge. Low clouds snow.

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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