# Incident 19801220087789I: Piper PA34200, Louisville, KY, December 20, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 20, 1980, 15:10 local time
- Place: Louisville, KY
- Airport: Bowman
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.2280° N, 85.6637° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BOWMAN FLD (LOU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.2280&lon=-85.6637&mi=10
- Aircraft: N15445, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N15445-2004-12-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-200 (registry code 7103405, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA34200
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,000 total, 600 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/19801220087789I

## Narrative

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

PROP STRUCK TAXIWAY BECAUSE OF DIP AT EDGE OF GRASSY AREA.

## Other reports on N15445 (4)

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

- [Incident 19960719026569I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960719026569I), Jul 19, 1996: Piper PA34200 (N15445), St Petersburg-C, FL, Minor damage. Narrative: pilot made an emergency landing due to an unsafe NLG indication - NLG stuck in the up position, would not extend - resulting in damage to the nose…
- [Incident 19890613038939I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890613038939I), Jun 13, 1989: Piper PA34200 (N15445), Ft Lauderdale, FL, Minor damage. Left gear collapsed while waiting for takeoff. Found main gear truss bracket had failed.
- [Incident 19801002072409I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801002072409I), Oct 2, 1980: Piper PA34200 (N15445), Ypsilanti, MI, Minor damage. Zd ze nose baggage door came open on takeoff run. Aborted takeoff and ran off end of runway. Ac out of annual
- [Incident 19780223001729I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780223001729I), Feb 23, 1978: Piper PA34200 (N15445), Kirksville, MO, Minor damage. Nose gear could not be fully extended, collapsed. Steering channel and track assembly damaged from towing.

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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