# Accident 19811112074009A: Piper PA28161, Beaumont, TX, November 12, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 12, 1981, 13:05 local time
- Place: Beaumont, TX
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.0860° N, 94.1018° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Beaumont, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.0860&lon=-94.1018&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8092Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8092Z-1984-08-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-161 (registry code 7102803, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-161) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28161
- Reported engine: LYC O320*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 410 total, 120 in this make and model, 140 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW82DRA09](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW82DRA09) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811112074009A

## Narrative

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

STUDENT WITH FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR WAS TAXIING TO RAMP. RIGHT WING TIP STRUCK VERTICAL REFUELING PIPES.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB FTW82DRA09](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW82DRA09), Nov 12, 1981: Piper PA-28 (N8092Z), Beaumont, TX, substantial damage

## Other reports on N8092Z (1)

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

- [Accident 19831113058659A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831113058659A), Nov 13, 1983: Piper PA28161 (N8092Z), Devers, TX, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Caught wingtip in trees during night treetop level step turn. May have been deer spotting. Severe impact force.

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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