19821028056839A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-28-161 · Mcallen, TX · October 28, 1982

Date
October 28, 1982 · 10:25 local
Place
Mcallen, TX
Airport
Miller
Phase of flight
Final Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N47916
NTSB investigation
NTSBFTW83LA025
Reported as
Piper PA28161
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
21,000 total9,000 in this make and model32 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.

Instructor with an ill student struck a runway approach light stanchion on short final. Blamed windshear.

As the FAA filed it

INSTRUCTOR WITH AN ILL STUDENT STRUCK A RUNWAY APPROACH LIGHT STANCHION ON SHORT FINAL.BLAMED WINDSHEAR.

NTSB investigation

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