# NTSB OAK79DVD24: Piper PA-31T, N82298, Lodi, CA, April 27, 1979

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: April 27, 1979
- Place: Lodi, CA · LODI, CA
- Location: 38.1216° N, 121.2908° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lodi, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.1216&lon=-121.2908&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report June 12, 1979
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 136120
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=OAK79DVD24
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK79DVD24

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-0894  79/4/27    LODI,CA             PIPER PA-31T        CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE
        TIME - 1145                    N82298              PX-  0  0  1  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  30, 3795 TOTAL HOURS, 249
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - KINGDOM AIRPARK
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          CONCORD,CA                  LODI,CA
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT                                    TAXI: FROM LANDING
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT
        REMARKS- PILOT ALLOWED WING TIP TO STRIKE A TANK TRAILER PARKED ADJACENT TO TAXIWAY.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: N82298 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-31T
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: turbo prop
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Kingdom Airpark

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19790427007189A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790427007189A), Apr 27, 1979: Piper PA31T, Lodi, CA, Substantial damage. Pilot taxied into a water tank adjacent to the taxiway.

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.

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