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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA38112 · Ft Worth, TX · August 13, 1981

Date
August 13, 1981 · 20:05 local
Place
Ft Worth, TX
Airport
Luck
Phase of flight
Final Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N9228T
NTSB investigation
NTSBFTW81FPD36
Reported as
Piper PA38112
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
33 total31 in this make and model15 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.

Too low on final, wheels caught in tall sunflowers on edge of mowed over runway. Lost directional control.

As the FAA filed it

TOO LOW ON FINAL, WHEELS CAUGHT IN TALL SUNFLOWERS ON EDGE OF MOWED OVER RUNWAY. LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL.

NTSB investigation

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