- Date
- November 21, 1982, 20:00 local (Nov 22, 1982, 01:00 UTC)
- Place
- Batesville, IN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4503RPiper PA-28-140
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report November 21, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19821121061139A
- Case key
- 69891
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
After completing an NDB approach to the airport, runway 18, the aircraft touched down past the midpoint of the runway. The pilot stated that during his initial attempt to brake the aircraft, before retracting flaps, the aircraft ballooned and departed the runway. The nose gear struck a runway light.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4503R
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-140
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 2821202
- Airframe hours
- 2
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-3A, 140 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- E.I.Inc.
- Registered owner
- E.I.Inc.
- Departed
- C · Delphi, IN
- Destination
- C · Beltsville, IN
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- HLB · Batesville, runway 18, 5,000 × 80 ft, concrete
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 35
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 438 total · 353 in this make and model · 336 as pilot in command · 38 in the last 90 days · 20 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 360° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.