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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-28-235 · Odessa, TX · May 31, 1984

Date
May 31, 1984 · 13:24 local
Place
Odessa, TX
Airport
Bates
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N16461
NTSB investigation
NTSBFTW84LA260
Reported as
Piper PA28235
Reported engine
Lycoming O540B4B5
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
0 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Airspeed inop. Landed too fast and bounced. Drifted off runway and landed hard collapsing all three landing gears.

As the FAA filed it

AIRSPEED INOP. LANDED TOO FAST AND BOUNCED. DRIFTED OFF RUNWAY AND LANDED HARD COLLAPSING ALL THREE LANDING GEARS.

NTSB investigation

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