# Incident 19820930061389I: Piper PA32RT300T, Kendallville, IN, September 30, 1982

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 30, 1982, 20:00 local time
- Place: Kendallville, IN
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.4434° N, 85.2582° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Kendallville, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.4434&lon=-85.2582&mi=10
- Aircraft: N633CB, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N633CB-2020-10-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32RT-300T (registry code 7103216, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32rt-300t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32RT300T
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,040 total, 362 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820930061389I

## Narrative

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

TOO LOW ON FINAL ON A NIGHT LANDING. STRUCK A POWERLINE WHICH PASSED OVER TOP OF AIRCRAFT. LANDED ON RUNWAY.

## Other reports on N633CB (1)

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

- [Accident 20171019014899A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20171019014899A), Oct 19, 2017: Piper PA-32RT-300T (N633CB), Port Mansfield, TX, Substantial damage. After landing the aircraft was about to make a right turn in an effort to exit the runway. PIC applied power to initiate the turn when the nose gear trunnion…

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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