# Incident 19870823082629I: Piper PA28161, Bucyrus, OH, August 23, 1987

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 23, 1987, 21:00 local time
- Place: Bucyrus, OH
- Airport: Port Bucyrus Crawford County
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.7816° N, 82.9748° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PORT BUCYRUS/CRAWFORD COUNTY (17G), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7816&lon=-82.9748&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8345T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8345T-1990-08-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-161 (registry code 7102803, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-161) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28161
- Reported engine: LYC O320D3G
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 40 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870823082629I

## Narrative

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

TAXIING IN AN ERRATIC MANNER FOR TAKEOFF, HIT AN UNKNOWN OBJECT. PILOT FINED AND GIVEN SUSPENDED SENTENCE IN COURT.

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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