# Incident 19970415010349I: Piper PA28161, Longview, TX, April 15, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 15, 1997, 13:54 local time
- Place: Longview, TX
- Airport: Gregg County
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.5007° N, 94.7405° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Longview, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.5007&lon=-94.7405&mi=10
- Aircraft: N43800, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N43800-2023-11-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-161 (registry code 7102803, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-161) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28161
- Reported engine: LYC O320D3G
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 74 total, 74 in this make and model, 32 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970415010349I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: WITNESSES STATED THE AIRCRAFT MADE A HARD LANDING AND CAME ACROSS THE TARMAC FROM THE DIRECTION OF TAXIWAY H AND CAME TO AN ABRUPT STOP AFTER RUNNING INTO CYCLONE FENCE BY THE TERMINAL. THE PILOT APPEARED TO BE UNCONSCIOUS BY THOSE PERSONS WHO FIRST APPROACHED THE AIRCRAFT. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

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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