# Incident 19821009063279I: Piper PA28161, Pahrump, NV, October 9, 1982

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 9, 1982, 12:45 local time
- Place: Pahrump, NV
- Airport: Chicken Ranch
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.0688° N, 115.9525° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Chicken Ranch Airport, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.0688&lon=-115.9525&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8182C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8182C-1990-06-11) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 73 total, 1 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19821009063279I

## Narrative

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

PILOT HIT A POST ON LANDING ROLLOUT. POST LOCATED 27 FEET FROM CENTERLINE. POST HIDDEN BY SAGEBRUSH.

## Other reports on N8182C (1)

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

- [Incident 19880817047469I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880817047469I), Aug 17, 1988: Piper PA28161 (N8182C), Las Vegas, NV, Minor damage. Engine quit on rollout. Fire started in engine compartment when tried to restart. Cause undetermined.

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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