# Incident 19810808053099I: Piper PA28161, Carthage, TX, August 8, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 8, 1981, 13:00 local time
- Place: Carthage, TX
- Airport: Carthage
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.1520° N, 94.3371° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Carthage, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.1520&lon=-94.3371&mi=10
- Aircraft: N47979, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N47979-2014-01-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-161 (registry code 7102803, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-161) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28161
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 94 total, 7 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810808053099I

## Narrative

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

PILOT ALLOWED AIRCRAFT TO STRIKE PARKED AIRCRAFT WHILE TAXIING.

## Other reports on N47979 (2)

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

- [Incident 19811210085519I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811210085519I), Dec 10, 1981: Piper PA28161 (N47979), North Richland, TX, Minor damage. Pilot lost control on approach due to gusts, aborted and hit tree 200 feet to side of runway. Returned to airport.
- [Accident 19780928040091A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780928040091A), Sep 28, 1978: Piper PA28160 (N47979), Richland Hills, TX, Substantial damage. Dual student failed to notify instructor of other orserved traffi

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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