34.8564° N, 117.1375° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs at DEPUE (6CA8), within about a mile.Open in the map
Date
May 5, 1983 · 16:00 local
Place
Barstow, CA
Airport
Depue
Phase of flight
Final Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N16480
Reported as
Piper PA28235
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
350 total32 in this make and model35 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.
Landed hard 10 feet short of runway. Pilot reported a windshear condition. Impact folded the nose gear.
As the FAA filed it
LANDED HARD 10 FEET SHORT OF RUNWAY. PILOT REPORTED A WINDSHEAR CONDITION. IMPACT FOLDED THE NOSE GEAR.