# Accident 20010716020309A: Piper PA28180, Bridgeport, TX, July 16, 2001

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 16, 2001, 03:16 local time
- Place: Bridgeport, TX
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.1753° N, 97.8283° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.1753&lon=-97.8283&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8454W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8454W-2002-01-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-180 (registry code 7102808, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28180
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW01LA165](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW01LA165) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010716020309A

## Narrative

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

(.19) ON JULY 16, 2001, APPROXIMATELY 0316 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, A PIPER PA-28-180, SINGLE-ENGINE AIRPLANE, N8454W, SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE DURING THE LANDING FLARE/TOUCHDOWN AT THE BRIDGEPORT MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, BRIDGEPORT, TEXAS. THE AIRPLANE WAS OWNED BY A PRIVATE INDIVIDUAL, AND WAS OPERATED BY A NON-CERTIFICATED PILOT UNDER 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS PART 91.  THE PILOT AND HIS PASSENGER RECEIVED SERIOUS INJURIES.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED FOR THE FLIGHT, AND A FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM WEATHERFORD, TEXAS, AT AN UNKNOWN TIME.  LOCAL AUTHORITIES, THE FAA INSPECTOR, AND THE ENGINE AND AIRFRAME MANUFACTURER'S REPRESENTATIVES, WHO RESPONDED TO THE SITE, RESPECTIVELY, FOUND THE AIRPLANE RESTING APPROXIMATELY 30 DEGREE NOSE DOWN ANGLE, ON THE APPROACH END OF RUNWAY 17.  THE INITIAL IMPACT SCRAPS AND GOUGES ON THE RUNWAY CONTAINED WHITE PAINT CONSISTENT WITH THE COLOR OF THE AIRCRAFT.  THE INTEGRITY OF BOTH FUEL TANKS HAD BEEN COMPROMISED AND FUEL WAS NOTED ON THE RUNWAY.  THE OWNER OF THE AIRPLANE REPORTED TO THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES AND THE NTSB INVESTIGATOR-IN-CHARGE (IIC) THAT THE AIRPLANE WAS STOLEN.  AT 1900, ON THE EVENING  PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT, THE OWNER HAD LAST SEEN HIS AIRPLANE TIED DOWN IN HIS OPEN "T" HANGAR AT THE PARKER COUNTY AIRPORT. (-23) ON JULY 16, 2001, AT APPROXIMATELY 0316 CDT, A PIPER PA-28-180, SINGLE ENGINE AIRPLANE, N8454W, SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE DURING THE LANDING FLARE/TOUCHDOWN AT THE BRIDGEPORT, MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, BRIDGEPORT, TEXAS. THE AIRPLANE WAS OWNED BY A PRIVATE INDIVIDUAL AND WAS OPERATED BY A NON-CERTIFICATED PILOT UNDER 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS PART 91. THE PILOT AND HIS PASSENGER RECEIVED SERIOUS INJURIES. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED FOR THE FLIGHT AND A FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT WEATHERFORD, TEXAS AT AN UNKNOWN TIME. THE OWNER OF THE AIRPLANE REPORTED TO LOCAL AUTHORITIES THAT THE AIRPLANE WAS STOLEN. AT 1900, ON THE EVENING PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT, THE OWNER HAD SEEN HIS AIRPLANE TIED DOWN IN HIS OPEN "T" HANGAR AT THE PARKER COUNTY AIRPORT.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB FTW01LA165](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW01LA165), Jul 16, 2001: Piper PA-28-180 (N8454W), Bridgeport, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: the non-certificated pilot's improper flare which resulted in a hard landing.

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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