32.4694° N, 100.4087° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Sweetwater, TX, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
September 8, 1978 · 12:30 local
Place
Sweetwater, TX
Airport
Municipal
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N2657Q
Reported as
Piper PA34200T
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,400 total125 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days
From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Pilot landed on closed runway in heavy rain. Struck a dirt mound.
As the FAA filed it
PILOT LANDED ON CLOSED RUNWAY IN HEAVY RAIN. STRUCK A DIRT MOUND.