# Incident 19840309012449I: Piper PA32300, Elizabeth City, NC, March 9, 1984

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 9, 1984, 23:45 local time
- Place: Elizabeth City, NC
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.2942° N, 76.2381° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Elizabeth City, NC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.2942&lon=-76.2381&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3678M, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3678M) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-300 (registry code 7103212, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32300
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,000 total, 62 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840309012449I

## Narrative

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

BECAME CONFUSED WITH TAXI LIGHTS. DEPARTED TAXIWAY. STRUCK A SIGN ON RETURN TO TAXIWAY.

## Other reports on N3678M (1)

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

- [Incident 20250718010029I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250718010029I), Jul 18, 2025: Piper PA-32-300 (N3678M), Greensboro, NC, Minor damage. Aircraft impacted a bird while on final for RW23L at gso airport damaging the right wing.

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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