19870418010149A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-28-161 · Waring, TX · April 18, 1987

Date
April 18, 1987 · 11:00 local
Place
Waring, TX
Airport
Rust
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N2140D
NTSB investigation
NTSBFTW87LA098
Reported as
Piper PA28161
Reported engine
Lycoming O320D3G
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
53 total4 in this make and model53 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.

The aircraft drifted off the side of the runway and struck a row of fence posts. Inexperienced pilot.

As the FAA filed it

THE AIRCRAFT DRIFTED OFF THE SIDE OF THE RUNWAY AND STRUCK A ROW OF FENCE POSTS. INEXPERIENCED PILOT.

NTSB investigation

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