31.7545° N, 103.1541° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Wink, TX, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
July 24, 1982 · 12:30 local
Place
Wink, TX
Airport
Wink
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N47849
Reported as
Piper PA28161
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
74 total43 in this make and model18 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.
Went around due to vortices, landed long to avoid same. Lost control and ran off runway into mesquite.
As the FAA filed it
WENT AROUND DUE TO VORTICES, LANDED LONG TO AVOID SAME. LOST CONTROL AND RAN OFF RUNWAY INTO MESQUITE.