- Date
- January 1, 1982, 13:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place
- Hobbs, NM
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N44832Piper PA-28-161
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 1, 1982
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820101000239A
- Case key
- 69186
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Analysis
On final approach to a gravel road the main landing gear collided with the upper strand of a powerline. The aircraft crashed in a pasture adjacent to the road. The student pilot was attempting to land at a family ranch.
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
- N44832
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-161
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28 7816023
- Airframe hours
- 1,970
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D3G, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Marshall Avn
- Registered owner
- Richard C. Marshall
- Departed
- Hobbs, NM
- Destination
- Hobbs, NM
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
- 26
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 37 total · 37 in this make and model · 26 as pilot in command · 8 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 9,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 131 °F, dew point 32 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- HOB, 7 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.