# Incident 19830410024179I: Piper PA28161, Placerville, CA, April 10, 1983

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 10, 1983, 13:40 local time
- Place: Placerville, CA
- Airport: Placerville
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.7242° N, 120.7533° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PLACERVILLE (PVF), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.7242&lon=-120.7533&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2894M, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2894M) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-161 (registry code 7102803, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-161) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28161
- Reported engine: LYC O320D3G
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,650 total, 1,300 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830410024179I

## Narrative

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

LEFT WING STRUCK A STEEL HANGAR WHILE TAXIING FROM ONE END OF THE FIELD TO THE OTHER.

## Other reports on N2894M (1)

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

- [Incident 19900706035509I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900706035509I), Jul 6, 1990: Piper PA28161 (N2894M), Auburn, CA, Substantial damage. Decided to reposition aircraft after flight. Released brakes. Exited aircraft. Aricraft rolled back and hit pole.

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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