29.7633° N, 95.3633° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Houston, TX, within about 14 miles.Open in the map
Date
March 22, 1981 · 18:45 local
Place
Houston, TX
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N72444
Reported as
Piper PA30
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
904 total400 in this make and model30 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.
Aircraft landed halfway down wet sod runway. Pilot stated runway was like soap. Aircraft struck fence at runway end
As the FAA filed it
AIRCRAFT LANDED HALFWAY DOWN WET SOD RUNWAY. PILOT STATED RUNWAY WAS LIKE SOAP. AIRCRAFT STRUCK FENCE AT RUNWAY END