# Incident 19821102065409I: Piper PA44180, Chapel Hill, NC, November 2, 1982

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 2, 1982, 18:30 local time
- Place: Chapel Hill, NC
- Airport: Horace William
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 35.9283° N, 79.0401° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Chapel Hill, NC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.9283&lon=-79.0401&mi=10
- Aircraft: N121JM (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA44180
- Reported engine: LYC O360*
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,650 total, 320 in this make and model, 300 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19821102065409I

## Narrative

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

PILOT TAXIED OFF RUNWAY ON AN UNPREPARED GRASS AREA. SAW OTHER PLANE ON FINAL AT OPPOSITE END OF RUNWAY. NO TOWER.

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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