# Accident 19820416010899A: Piper PA34200T, Columbia, SC, April 16, 1982

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 16, 1982, 19:30 local time
- Place: Columbia, SC
- Airport: Metro
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.9388° N, 81.1195° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9388&lon=-81.1195&mi=10
- Aircraft: N82013, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N82013-1989-12-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-200T (registry code 7103406, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA34200T
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO360E
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,450 total, 650 in this make and model, 124 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL82FLG11](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL82FLG11) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820416010899A

## Narrative

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

RAN INTO PARKED AIRCRAFT WHILE DIRECTED TO RAMP BY GROUND PERSONNEL. RAMP LIGHTS BLINDED PILOT.

## 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 ATL82FLG11](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL82FLG11), Apr 17, 1982: Piper PA-34-200J (N82013), Columbia, SC, substantial damage

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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