# Incident 20231005015479I: Piper PA-28-140, Plainview, TX, October 5, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 5, 2023, 08:00 local time
- Place: Plainview, TX
- Airport: Hale County Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Maneuver
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.1681° N, 101.7173° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HALE COUNTY (PVW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.1681&lon=-101.7173&mi=10
- Aircraft: N32198, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N32198) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-140
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot, student
- Pilot flight hours: 523 total, 450 in this make and model, 41 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20231005015479I

## Narrative

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

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.

- [Accident 19760530015429A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760530015429A), May 30, 1976: Piper PA28140 (N32198), Lubbock, TX, Substantial damage

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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