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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA28150 · Frankfort, IN · July 25, 1981

Date
July 25, 1981 · 19:00 local
Place
Frankfort, IN
Airport
Municipal
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N5252W
NTSB investigation
NTSBCHI81DEX28
Reported as
Piper PA28150
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
281 total155 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.

Allowed aircraft to roll off runway into tall grass. Struck hidden concrete base of former VASI light.

As the FAA filed it

ALLOWED AIRCRAFT TO ROLL OFF RUNWAY INTO TALL GRASS. STRUCK HIDDEN CONCRETE BASE OF FORMER VASI LIGHT.

NTSB investigation

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