# Incident 20000920029839I: Piper PA28180, Columbia, MO, September 20, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 20, 2000, 06:20 local time
- Place: Columbia, MO
- Airport: Columbia Regional
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.8177° N, 92.2178° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at COLUMBIA RGNL (COU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8177&lon=-92.2178&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7962N, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7962N) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-180 (registry code 7102808, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28180
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,400 total, 1,400 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000920029839I

## Narrative

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

(-23)PIC TRANSMITTED ON CTAF THAT HE WAS TAXING TO RUNWAY 20. THE CREW TO TWO COMMUTER AIRPLANES, LOF741 & OZR250, ANNOUNCED THAT THEY WERE TAXING TO RUNWAY 02.  NUMEROUS ATTEMPTS WERE MADE BY COU AFSS TO ADVISE N7962N OF OPPOSITE DIRECTION DEPARTURE; HOWEVER, THE PIC DID NOT RESPOND.  N7962N & LOF741 SIMULTANEOUSLY TRANSMITTED ON CTAF THAT THEY WERE TAKING THEIR RESPECTIVE  RUNWAYS (CONSEQUENTLY THE TRANMISSIONS WERE GARBLED).  N7962N WAS OBSERVED BY THE CREW OF BOTH COMMUTERS.  LOF741 ATTEMPTED TO EXIT RUNWAY 02, AND IN SO DOING, CAUSED THE NOSE GEAR TO "COME OFF THE RACK" WHICH DISABLED THE AIRCRAFT, ULTIMELY CAUSING THE RUNWAY TO BE CLOSED.  N7962N COMPLETED ITS TAKEOFF & CONTACTED MIZZOU APPROACH CONTROL REQUESTING AN IFR CLEARANCE.  PIC WAS ADIVSED OF THE INCIDENT AND COUNSELED  ON SITUATIONAL AWARENESS & RUNWAY INCURSIONS.  THIS INCIDENT, NUMBER CE20000IGA090, IS CLOSED.

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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