# Accident 19820808034869A: Piper PA23250, Bandera, TX, August 8, 1982

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 8, 1982, 16:00 local time
- Place: Bandera, TX
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.7204° N, 99.0706° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.7204&lon=-99.0706&mi=10
- Aircraft: N148AF, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N148AF-1982-09-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-250 (registry code 7102308, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23250
- Reported engine: LYC IO540A1A5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,795 total, 400 in this make and model, 212 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW82FRG39](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW82FRG39) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820808034869A

## Narrative

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

PILOT MAKING APPARENT LANDING APPROACH TO FIELD, DECIDED TO GO-AROUND AND AIRCRAFT HIT TREES AND CRASHED.

## 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 FTW82FRG39](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW82FRG39), Aug 8, 1982: Piper PA-23-250 (N148AF), Bandera, TX, destroyed, 1 fatal

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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