# Accident 19801224086689A: Piper PA31350, Chicago, IL, December 24, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 24, 1980, 21:45 local time
- Place: Chicago, IL
- Airport: O'Hare
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.8500° N, 87.6501° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Chicago, IL, within about 9 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.8500&lon=-87.6501&mi=10
- Aircraft: N851CG (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31350
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,507 total, 1,020 in this make and model, 270 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI81FEE12](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI81FEE12) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801224086689A

## Narrative

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

BAGGAGE CART OPERATOR FAILED TO YIELD RIGHT-OF-WAY. COLLIDED WITH TAXIING AIRPLANE.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CHI81FEE12](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI81FEE12), Dec 24, 1980: Piper PA-31 (N851CG), Chicago, IL, substantial damage

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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