# Accident 19810530030959A: Piper PA34200T, Amarillo, TX, May 30, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 30, 1981, 23:20 local time
- Place: Amarillo, TX
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.2220° N, 101.8313° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Amarillo, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.2220&lon=-101.8313&mi=10
- Aircraft: N33099, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N33099-1992-06-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-200T (registry code 7103406, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA34200T
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 538 total, 33 in this make and model, 61 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW81FQG34](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW81FQG34) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810530030959A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT STRUCK CONSTRUCTION EMBANKMENT AS PILOT WAS TAXIING FOR TAKEOFF ON DARK, RAINY NIGHT.

## 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 FTW81FQG34](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW81FQG34), May 30, 1981: Piper PA-34 (N33099), Amarillo, TX, 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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