# Incident 19890514027909I: Piper PA28181, Big Spring, TX, May 14, 1989

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 14, 1989, 22:15 local time
- Place: Big Spring, TX
- Airport: Big Spring Mcmahon-Wrinkle
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.2126° N, 101.5216° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BIG SPRING/MC MAHON-WRINKLE (BPG), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.2126&lon=-101.5216&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6163J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6163J-1994-04-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102807, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28181
- Reported engine: LYC O360A4M
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,500 total, 150 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890514027909I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

LANDED SHORT OF RUNWAY. DAMAGED LANDING GEAR AND WING. THUNDERSTORMS AND GUSTY SURFACE WINDS AROUND AIRPORT.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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