# Incident 19810819066079I: Piper PA28161, Cumberland, MD, August 19, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 19, 1981, 17:30 local time
- Place: Cumberland, MD
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.6517° N, 78.7579° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Cumberland, MD, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.6517&lon=-78.7579&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2098R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2098R-2013-07-11) (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
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 31 total, 4 in this make and model, 17 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810819066079I

## Narrative

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

STUDENT LOST CONTROL ON TAKEOFF RUN. WENT INTO HIGH GRASS.

## Other reports on N2098R (1)

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

- [Accident 19880807033649A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880807033649A), Aug 7, 1988: Piper PA28161 (N2098R), Chicago, IL, Substantial damage. Student became sick, lost control on landing, ran off runwway and hit a parked helicopter. Blamed onset of the flu.

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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