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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA28161 · Big Spring, TX · May 31, 1981

Date
May 31, 1981 · 22:15 local
Place
Big Spring, TX
Airport
Big Spring
Phase of flight
Go Round (Aborted VFR)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N47849
NTSB investigation
NTSBFTW81DQG32
Reported as
Piper PA28161
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
350 total150 in this make and model60 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.

Night landing on unlighted runways. Landed on closed runway. Gear struck tires stacked on runway on go around.

As the FAA filed it

NIGHT LANDING ON UNLIGHTED RUNWAYS. LANDED ON CLOSED RUNWAY. GEAR STRUCK TIRES STACKED ON RUNWAY ON GO AROUND.

NTSB investigation

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