# Accident 19810328013179A: Piper PA34200, Detroit, MI, March 28, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 28, 1981, 14:00 local time
- Place: Detroit, MI
- Airport: Detroil City
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.3314° N, 83.0458° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Detroit, MI, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.3314&lon=-83.0458&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8GC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8GC-2018-01-17) (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: 4,100 total, 165 in this make and model, 74 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI81DEC19](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI81DEC19) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810328013179A

## Narrative

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

PORTION OF ASPHALT RAMP CAVED IN WHEN AIRPLANE WAS TAXIING OFF LANDING RUNWAY. HOLE HAD BEEN RECENTLY COVERED.

## 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 CHI81DEC19](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI81DEC19), Mar 28, 1981: Piper PA-34 (N8GC), Detroit, MI, substantial damage

## Other reports on N8GC (1)

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

- [Incident 19870617047859I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870617047859I), Jun 17, 1987: Piper PA34200 (N8GC), Romeo, MI, Minor damage. The nose gear retracted after landing. Drag link bolt found broken.

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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