# Incident 19830109002399I: Amtr PARAKEET, Morgan Hill, CA, January 9, 1983

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 9, 1983, 17:00 local time
- Place: Morgan Hill, CA
- Airport: South County
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.1325° N, 121.6419° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Morgan Hill, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.1325&lon=-121.6419&mi=10
- Aircraft: N80RG, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N80RG) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Borg Richard R PARAKEET REP RB-100 (registry code 0566393, https://openairdocs.org/model/borg-richard-r-parakeet-rep-rb-100) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C85 series (registry code 17008, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c85-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR PARAKEET
- Reported engine: CONT C8512
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 600 total, 129 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830109002399I

## Narrative

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

PILOT STRUCK WIRES WHILE FLYING AT A LOW ALTITUDE DOWN A FREEWAY. ABLE TO FLY AIRCRAFT TO THE NEAREST AIRPORT.

## Other reports on N80RG (1)

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

- [Incident 19801012073849I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801012073849I), Oct 12, 1980: Amtr PARRAKEETA4C (N80RG), Hollister, CA, Substantial damage. Aircraft jumped chocks and struck a hangar after being hand propped.

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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