# Incident 19801206087309I: Piper PA28161, New Bedford, MA, December 6, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 6, 1980, 13:30 local time
- Place: New Bedford, MA
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.6613° N, 70.9379° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of New Bedford, MA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6613&lon=-70.9379&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8115Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8115Y-2019-06-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-161 (registry code 7102803, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-161) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28161
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 37 total, 20 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/19801206087309I

## Narrative

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

TAXIING AIRCRAFT STRUCK PARKED AIRCRAFT. PILOT OPERATED BRAKES IMPROPERLY.

## Other reports on N8115Y (1)

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

- [Accident 20180415003699A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180415003699A), Apr 15, 2018: Piper PA-28-161 (N8115Y), Pensacola, FL, Substantial damage. Pilot used higher than usual airspeed on landing approach in gusty crosswind conditions. Aircraft touched down long resulting in loss of control. Pilot…

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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