19891011039929A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA32RT300T · Dallas, TX · October 11, 1989

Date
October 11, 1989 · 20:28 local
Place
Dallas, TX
Airport
Addison Airport
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N30263
NTSB investigation
NTSBFTW90LA009
Reported as
Piper PA32RT300T
Reported engine
Lycoming TIO540S1AD
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,520 total950 in this make and model11 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.

Landing light failed to light on landing and taxi. Got off taxiway and struck a pole in the dark,settled into ditch

As the FAA filed it

LANDING LIGHT FAILED TO LIGHT ON LANDING AND TAXI. GOT OFF TAXIWAY AND STRUCK A POLE IN THE DARK,SETTLED INTO DITCH

NTSB investigation

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