31.1941° N, 101.4534° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Big Lake, TX, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
November 13, 1982 · 16:00 local
Place
Big Lake, TX
Airport
Hughes
Phase of flight
Final Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N6380C
Reported as
Piper PA28181
Reported engine
Lycoming O360*
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
424 total330 in this make and model19 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.
Struck wires on final approach to private strip. Impact damaged windshield. Landed safely.
As the FAA filed it
STRUCK WIRES ON FINAL APPROACH TO PRIVATE STRIP. IMPACT DAMAGED WINDSHIELD. LANDED SAFELY.