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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA28161 · Raleigh, NC · July 30, 1981

Date
July 30, 1981 · 10:30 local
Place
Raleigh, NC
Airport
Raleigh Durham
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N85SP
Reported as
Piper PA28161
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
800 total600 in this make and model35 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Swerved to avoid vehicle while taxiing on ramp wing tip struck other vehicle, illegly parked on ramp.

As the FAA filed it

SWERVED TO AVOID VEHICLE WHILE TAXIING ON RAMP WING TIP STRUCK OTHER VEHICLE, ILLEGLY PARKED ON RAMP.