20231005015479I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-140 · Plainview, TX · October 5, 2023

Date
October 5, 2023 · 08:00 local
Place
Plainview, TX
Airport
Hale County Airport
Phase of flight
Maneuver
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N32198
Reported as
Piper PA-28-140
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-320 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Private pilot, student
Pilot’s flight hours
523 total450 in this make and model41 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.

On October 5, 2023, at approximately 0800, a Piper PA28-140 aircraft privacy data omitted, registered to privacy data omitted, inadvertently flew into IMC and performed an off-field landing in Plainview Texas one half mile west of the Hale County Airport. The aircraft was being operated on a personal flight. Instrument meteorological conditions prevailed at the time, and no flight plan was filed. The aircraft sustained minor damage, and the pilot sustained no injuries. The flight originated from Plainview TX (pvw) on October 5, 2023 at 0750 approximately.

As the FAA filed it

ON OCTOBER 5, 2023, AT APPROXIMATELY 0800, A PIPER PA28-140 AIRCRAFT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, REGISTERED TO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, INADVERTENTLY FLEW INTO IMC AND PERFORMED AN OFF-FIELD LANDING IN PLAINVIEW TEXAS ONE HALF MILE WEST OF THE HALE COUNTY AIRPORT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED ON A PERSONAL FLIGHT. INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME, AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE, AND THE PILOT SUSTAINED NO INJURIES. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM PLAINVIEW TX (PVW) ON OCTOBER 5, 2023 AT 0750 APPROXIMATELY.

Other reports on N32198 · 1

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