# Incident 19810421030749I: Piper PA28181, Napa, CA, April 21, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 21, 1981, 12:09 local time
- Place: Napa, CA
- Airport: Napa
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ops On Grnd From Ldg/Rtrcrft
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.2132° N, 122.2807° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NAPA COUNTY (APC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.2132&lon=-122.2807&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6154H, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6154H) (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
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,000 total, 485 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/19810421030749I

## Narrative

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

ZD RIGHT MAIN GEAR WENT OFF TAXIWAY AS PILOT TRIED A LEFT TURN OFF RUNWAY. NOSE GEAR SHEARED OFF IN HITTING DITCH.

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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