- Date
- August 13, 1981
- Place
- Ft Worth, TX · FT WORTH, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N9228TPiper PA-38
- Status
- Completed · report September 24, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810813063999A
- Case key
- 125081
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1737 81/8/13 FT WORTH,TX PIPER PA-38 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 20, 33 TOTAL TIME - 2005 N9228T PX- 0 0 0 SOLO HOURS, 31 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LUCK FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FT WORTH,TX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) PERSONNEL - FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR: INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: HIGH VEGETATION REMARKS- STUDENT'S 1ST FLT IN APRX 60DAYS.L WING STRUCK SUNFLOWERS NR APCH END OF RWY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9228T
- Reported as
- Piper PA-38
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Luck Field
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.