# Accident 19810529038669A: Piper PA38112, Panama City, FL, May 29, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 29, 1981, 13:00 local time
- Place: Panama City, FL
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Location: 30.1588° N, 85.6602° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Panama City, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.1588&lon=-85.6602&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2379G, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2379G) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-38-112 (registry code 7103812, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-38-112) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA38112
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 142 total, 112 in this make and model, 111 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA81DKJ09](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA81DKJ09) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810529038669A

## Narrative

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

PILOT READING CHECK-LIST DURING TAXING FOR TAKEOFF. HIT TAXI LIGHT AND METAL PLAQUE.

## 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 MIA81DKJ09](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA81DKJ09), May 29, 1981: Piper PA-38 (N2379G), Panama City, FL, 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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