# Accident 19810108001909A: Piper PA28181, Chillicothe, OH, January 8, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 8, 1981, 18:10 local time
- Place: Chillicothe, OH
- Airport: Ross Co
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 39.4404° N, 83.0231° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ROSS COUNTY (RZT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.4404&lon=-83.0231&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9086K, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9086K) (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: 1,736 total, 136 in this make and model, 146 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI81FEK12](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI81FEK12) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810108001909A

## Narrative

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

MISJUDGED ALIGNMENT WITH TAXIWAY. HIT DITCH. FACTORS; INOP TAXIWAY LIGHT, INOP AIRPLANE TAXI LIGHT. SNOW ON GROUND.

## 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 CHI81FEK12](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI81FEK12), Jan 8, 1981: Piper PA-28 (N9086K), Chillicothe, OH, 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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