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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA31 · Ambler, PA · August 30, 1981

Date: August 30, 1981 · 11:45 local
Place: Ambler, PA
Airport: Wings
Phase of flight: Final Approach
Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N180M
Reported as: Piper PA31
Reported engine: Lycoming TIO540A2C
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 2,300 total250 in this make and model150 in the last 90 days

N180MRegistration cancelled Mar 11, 2008 · Piper PA-31-310S/N 31-7401213 · Built 1973 Airframe modelPiper PA-31-310 Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 seriesTurbo-prop

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.

Aircraft on approach struck car on road, injuring driver and collapsing right landing gear.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT ON APPROACH STRUCK CAR ON ROAD, INJURING DRIVER AND COLLAPSING RIGHT LANDING GEAR.