# Incident 19810601039709I: Piper PA44180, Houston, TX, June 1, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 1, 1981, 09:30 local time
- Place: Houston, TX
- Airport: William P Hobby
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 29.6458° N, 95.2772° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WILLIAM P HOBBY (HOU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.6458&lon=-95.2772&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2098C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2098C-1998-09-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-44-180 (registry code 7104402, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-44-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA44180
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,020 total, 80 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810601039709I

## Narrative

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

DURING TAXI PILOT ALLOWED WING TIP TO STRIKE A PARKED AIRCRAFT.

## Other reports on N2098C (1)

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

- [Incident 19870223009579I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870223009579I), Feb 23, 1987: Piper PA44180 (N2098C), New Iberia, LA, Minor damage. CFI demonstrating single engine procedures landed on remaining runway without extending the gear.

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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