# NTSB FTW82DA112: Piper-Aerostar 601P, N6069H, Aspermont, TX, April 4, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: April 4, 1982, 14:42 local (20:42 UTC)
- Place: Aspermont, TX
- Coordinates: 33.130493, -100.220375 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.1305&lon=-100.2204&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 5 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report April 4, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 69820
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW82DA112
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/69820/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW82DA112

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - weather condition - windshear (contributing factor)
  - throttle/power control - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
- Main gear collapsed, landing - flare/touchdown
  - ground loop/swerve - inadvertent, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- Dragged wing,rotor,pod,float or tail/skid, landing - roll
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - soft (contributing factor)
- Other gear collapsed, landing - roll

## Analysis

THE PILOT STATED THAT HE MADE A NORMAL APPROACH TO LAND ON RUNWAY 18. HE REPORTED THAT HE WAS FAMILIAR WITH THE LOCAL WIND CONDITIONS AND ESTIMATED THE WIND AS GUSTY, 10 TO 25 KNOTS. HE STATED A POSSIBLE WIND SHEAR BROUGHT ABOUT A SLIGHTLY GREATER THAN NORMAL SINK RATE. THE AIRCRAFT CONTACTED THE RUNWAY HARDER THAN NORMAL AND THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR ASSEMBLY BROKE. THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE RUNWAY INTO SOFT SOIL AND THE RIGHT MAIN AND NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N6069H (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER-AEROSTAR 601P
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 61P071680633
- Airframe hours: 480
- Engines: LYCOMING IO-540-S1A5 290 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Dennis A. Dube
- Registered owner: Palmer Steel Suppliers, Inc.
- Departed: ABI, ABILENE, TX
- Destination: FARMINGTON, NM
- Airport: 6F8, Dixon, runway 18, 4,100 × 0 ft, gravel

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 34; flight instructor, commercial; airplane ratings: multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 4,074 total, 121 in this make and model, 4,009 as pilot in command, 117 in the last 90 days, 7 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 180° at 10 knots
- Visibility: 15 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19820404007639A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820404007639A), Apr 4, 1982: Piper 601PSMITH, Aspermont, TX, Substantial damage. Pilot said aircraft landed harder than normal. Left gear assembly broke causing craft to run off runway.

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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