# NTSB FTW82FA009: Piper PA-28R, N82195, Hale Center, TX, October 12, 1981

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: October 12, 1981
- Place: Hale Center, TX · HALE CENTER, TX
- Location: 34.0661° N, 101.8463° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hale Center, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0661&lon=-101.8463&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Uncontrolled descent](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/650) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Completed, report March 25, 1982
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 123027
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW82FA009
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW82FA009

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-3200  81/10/12 NR.HALE CENTER,TX     PIPER PA-28R        CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 34, 2000
        TIME - 2023                    N82195              PX-  1  0  0  BUSINESS                  TOTAL HOURS, 20 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          PAMPA,TX                   HALE CENTER,TX
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED                IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING
           PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS
           PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION
        FACTOR(S)
           WEATHER - LOW CEILING
        WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED
        WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
        SKY CONDITION                                            CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE
          BROKEN                                                    3000
        VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE                              PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE
          5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED)                                     NONE
        OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE                  TEMPERATURE-F
          NONE                                                      85
        WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES                                   WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS
          160                                                       8
        TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS                               TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN
          UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED                                     NONE
        REMARKS- LUBBOCK 0135Z WX.LUBBOCK,APRX 25MI S OF ACDNT SITE,RPRTD A LWR CLG COMING IN AT 1000FT.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N82195](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N82195-1985-02-14), registration cancelled 1985-02-14, S/N 28R-8031109 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28R
- Registry model: [Piper PA-28RT-201T](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28rt-201t) (registry code 7102817) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed

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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