- Date
- February 25, 1982, 17:45 local (22:45 UTC)
- Place
- Del Rio, TX
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- XAIJIPiper PA-23
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report February 25, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 70436
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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.
Overrun
Weather condition - rainFactor
Weather condition - hailFactor
Weather condition - icing conditionsFactor
Performed
Weather condition - gustsFactor
Weather condition - tailwindFactor
Wrong runway - selectedCause
Lack of total experience
Terrain condition - wetFactor
Go-around - not performedCause
Gear collapsed
Landing gear - overload
Analysis
The mexican air taxi flight diverted to Del Rio, Texas after encountering icing conditions, heavy rain, and hail. The plane was vectored and cleared for an ILS localizer approach to runway 13. During landing, the surface wind was from 350 degrees at 15 gusting 20 knots. The aircrew were unable to stop on the wet runwy and the landing gear collapsed after the plane went off of the departure end.
Aircraft
- Registration
- XAIJI
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 277854093
- Airframe hours
- 1,383
- Engine
- Lycoming TIO-540-C1A, 295 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Operator
- Aero Ejecutivo Sa Aeropuerto D
- Registered owner
- Aero Ejecutivo Sa Aeropuerto D
- Departed
- Monterrey
- Destination
- Piedra Negras
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- DRT · Del Rio Intl, runway 13, 4,500 × 75 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 19
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 375 total · 375 in this make and model · 25 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 350° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 2 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,800 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 95 °F