19790824027399A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-28-161 · Evansville, IN · August 24, 1979

Date
August 24, 1979 · 06:15 local
Place
Evansville, IN
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N2088M
NTSB investigation
NTSBCHI79FEX38
Reported as
Piper PA28161
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
804 total17 in this make and model45 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 in a shopping center to put the aircraft on display. Overshot, hit a sign.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT LANDED IN A SHOPPING CENTER TO PUT THE AIRCRAFT ON DISPLAY. OVERSHOT, HIT A SIGN.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.