# NTSB FTW82DA034: Piper PA-28-161, N44832, Hobbs, NM, January 1, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: January 1, 1982, 13:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place: Hobbs, NM
- Location: 32.7305° N, 103.1614° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hobbs, NM, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7305&lon=-103.1614&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report January 1, 1982
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 69186
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW82DA034
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/69186/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW82DA034

## 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

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Undershoot, approach - vfr pattern - final approach
  - altitude - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - distance - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of total experience in type operation, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- In flight collision with object, approach - vfr pattern - final approach
  - object - wire,transmission (contributing factor)
- Gear collapsed, landing - roll
  - landing gear - overload

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N44832](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N44832-1982-11-10), registration cancelled 1982-11-10, S/N 287816023, built 1977 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-161
- Registry model: [Piper PA-28-161](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-161) (registry code 7102803) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 28 7816023
- Airframe hours: 1970
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 26; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19820101000239A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820101000239A), Jan 1, 1982: Piper PA28161, Hobbs, NM, Substantial damage. Student pilot tried to land on a farm road. Wheels struck an unseen wire. Crash landed off side of road.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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