# Accident 19810531030979A: Piper PA28161, Big Spring, TX, May 31, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 31, 1981, 22:15 local time
- Place: Big Spring, TX
- Airport: Big Spring
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.2383° N, 101.4857° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Big Spring, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.2383&lon=-101.4857&mi=10
- Aircraft: N47849 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28161
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 350 total, 150 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW81DQG32](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW81DQG32) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810531030979A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

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

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

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.

- [NTSB FTW81DQG32](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW81DQG32), May 31, 1981: Piper PA-28 (N47849), Big Spring, TX, substantial damage

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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