# Incident 19830815049749I: Piper PA32300, Chicago, IL, August 15, 1983

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 15, 1983, 21:35 local time
- Place: Chicago, IL
- Airport: Midway
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.8500° N, 87.6501° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Chicago, IL, within about 9 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.8500&lon=-87.6501&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8440F, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8440F) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-300 (registry code 7103212, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32300
- Reported engine: LYC IO540K1G5
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,800 total, 900 in this make and model, 65 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830815049749I

## Narrative

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

WING TIP STRUCK AN UNLIGHTED DISABLED AIRCRAFT ON A TAXIWAY WHILE TAXIING TO RAMP. PILOT WAS NOT ADVISED OF HAZARD.

## Other reports on N8440F (1)

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

- [Accident 20180629006919A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180629006919A), Jun 29, 2018: Piper PA-32-300 (N8440F), Salisbury, NC, Substantial damage. On 29 June at approximately 1600(l) a 1976 cherokee 6 300, s/n 32-7740023, 3742.02 actt with IO-540-K1G5, 3742 ett, 1741.2 TSO received 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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