# Incident 19801222085219I: Piper PA28181, Liberty, NC, December 22, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 22, 1980, 15:35 local time
- Place: Liberty, NC
- Airport: Causey
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.9118° N, 79.6176° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CAUSEY (NC74), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.9118&lon=-79.6176&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9083K, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9083K) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102807, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28181
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,850 total, 500 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/19801222085219I

## Narrative

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

PILOT ATTEMPTED TO TAXI FROM SOD AREA ONTO HARD SURFACE RUNWAY AND PROP STRUCK RUNWAY EDGE, BENDING PROP TIPS.

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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