# Incident 19890708037509I: Piper PA28140, Bakersfield, CA, July 8, 1989

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 8, 1989, 11:00 local time
- Place: Bakersfield, CA
- Airport: Costerisan Farms Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.2633° N, 119.0460° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Costerisan Farms Airport, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.2633&lon=-119.0460&mi=10
- Aircraft: N943R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N943R-1998-08-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28140
- Reported engine: LYC O320E2A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,400 total, 400 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890708037509I

## Narrative

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

HIT WIRES ON APPROACH. UNAWARE OF CIRCUMSTANCES TILL IMPACT. BURN MARKS ON PROP. ANTENNA GONE.

## Other reports on N943R (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19961224040151A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19961224040151A), Dec 24, 1996: Piper PA28140 (N943R), San Diego, CA, Destroyed, 2 fatal. On final overtook and collided with N68137 a 150 both on fianl for parallel rwys. 943R crashed. 68137 landed safely

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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