# Accident 19810727048859A: Piper PA23, Hondo, TX, July 27, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 27, 1981, 20:30 local time
- Place: Hondo, TX
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.3542° N, 99.1618° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hondo, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.3542&lon=-99.1618&mi=10
- Aircraft: N215EC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N215EC-2012-08-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23 (registry code 7102302, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,430 total, 1,687 in this make and model, 76 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW81FRG56](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW81FRG56) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810727048859A

## Narrative

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

GUSTY SURFACE WINDS. ALLOWED AIRCRAFT TO STALL ON SHORT FINAL. IMPACT ON RUNWAY BROKE WING SPAR.

## 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 FTW81FRG56](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW81FRG56), Jul 27, 1981: Piper PA-23 (N215EC), Hondo, TX, substantial damage

## Other reports on N215EC (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19831125059899A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831125059899A), Nov 25, 1983: Piper PA23160 (N215EC), Comfort, TX, Destroyed, 3 fatal. Report indicates a possible right engine turbocharger problem on climbout. Below VMC, stalled, rolled and crashed.
- [Incident 19820920059569I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820920059569I), Sep 20, 1982: Piper PA23 (N215EC), San Antonio, TX, Minor damage. Right main gear collapsed on rollout. Pilot reached to retract flaps and gear horn sounded. Gear checked out normal

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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