# Accident 19831111059301A: Piper PA34200T, Houston, TX, November 11, 1983

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 11, 1983, 16:45 local time
- Place: Houston, TX
- Airport: Andrau
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Collision: Midair collision, first aircraft
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.7633° N, 95.3633° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Houston, TX, within about 14 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.7633&lon=-95.3633&mi=10
- Aircraft: N31856, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N31856-2007-11-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-200T (registry code 7103406, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-360 series (registry code 17019, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA34200T
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO360*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 800 total, 75 in this make and model, 110 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW84LA056](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW84LA056) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831111059301A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT COLLIDED WITH TWO OTHER AIRCRAFT DURING TAXI FOR TAKEOFF. PILOT OF N711RT SAID N31856 TAXI SPEED WAS FAST.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N25631, Beech 95B55: [Accident 19831111059302A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831111059302A)

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB FTW84LA056](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW84LA056), Nov 11, 1983: Piper PA-34-200T (N31856), Houston, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: See FTW84LA056A

## Other reports on N31856 (1)

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

- [Incident 19810908068439I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810908068439I), Sep 8, 1981: Piper PA34200T (N31856), Iowa Park, TX, Minor damage. Right gear collapsed during rollout. Found trunnion broken.

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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