- Date
- November 30, 1983, 15:52 local (22:52 UTC)
- Place
- Rawlins, WY
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5802VPiper PA-32R-300
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19831130061269A
- Case key
- 16295
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Analysis
The plt stated that the approach into Rawlins was normal but while on short final he realized that the acft was too low. The acft was actually lower then the runway which is located on a plateau. He attempted to correct but lost airspeed and landed short. The lt wing hit a snowbank, the acft swerved and the landing gear collapsed.
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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5802V
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32R-300
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 32R-7780365
- Airframe hours
- 2,130
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-K1G5D, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Public aircraft · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Huron Aviation, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- AAIP · October 18, 1983 · 14 hours before
- Departed
- BFF · Scottsbluff, NE
- Airport
- RNL · Rawlins Municipal, runway 11, 7,000 × 100 ft, asphalt
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
- 34
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 345 total · 18 in this make and model · 2,937 as pilot in command · 13 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 3 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 3 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- RWL
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N5802V · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.