# Accident 19811130078379A: Piper PA32300, West Columbia, SC, November 30, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 30, 1981, 21:30 local time
- Place: West Columbia, SC
- Airport: Columbia Metro
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Idling Engines
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: BKAA
- Location: 33.9388° N, 81.1195° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at COLUMBIA METRO (CAE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9388&lon=-81.1195&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8564E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8564E-2018-02-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-300 (registry code 7103212, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32300
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,800 total, 200 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL82FLG04](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL82FLG04) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811130078379A

## Narrative

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

GROUND VEHICLE BACKED INTO EMMPANAGE OF AIRCRAFT WHILE PILOT HAD STOPPED TAXIING FROM RAMP FOR COCKPIT DUTIES.

## 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 ATL82FLG04](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL82FLG04), Nov 30, 1981: Piper PA-32 (N8564E), Columbia, SC, substantial damage

## Other reports on N8564E (1)

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

- [Incident 19850401017309I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850401017309I), Apr 1, 1985: Piper PA32300 (N8564E), Columbia, SC, Minor damage. Top engine cowling departed aircraft on takeoff. No evidence of negligence on high time cowling fastners.

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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