33.9476° N, 98.6161° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs at WICHITA VALLEY (F14), within about a mile.Open in the map
Date
November 30, 1981 · 15:00 local
Place
Wichita Falls, TX
Airport
Wichita Valley
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N8173C
Reported as
Piper PA28RT201T
Reported engine
Continental TSIO360FB
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
165 total45 in this make and model45 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.
Landed on wet grass runway on a severe crosswind. Slid off side of runway. Crosswind component exceeded.
As the FAA filed it
LANDED ON WET GRASS RUNWAY ON A SEVERE CROSSWIND. SLID OFF SIDE OF RUNWAY. CROSSWIND COMPONENT EXCEEDED.