- Date
- September 2, 1982, 10:25 local (15:25 UTC)
- Place
- Weslaco, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7890WPiper PA-28-180
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 2, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820902043379A
- Case key
- 72996
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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.
Analysis
The plt overshot an approach to rwy 13 & went around. The crosswind leg was extended to give the plt more room. The plt turned on final & lined up on a street paralleling the rwy. Just prior to touchdown the plt saw the "x" painted on the street & executed a go-around. The acft drifted & struck a cyclone fence.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7890W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-1915
- Airframe hours
- 3,246
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A3A, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Jan Air
- Registered owner
- Jan Air
- Departed
- Brownsville, TX
- Destination
- Weslaco, TX
- Airport
- T65 · Mid Valley Muni, runway 13, 3,100 × 70 ft, macadam
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
- 41
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 167 total · 138 in this make and model · 72 as pilot in command · 42 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 140° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 194 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.