- Date
- October 28, 1982, 10:25 local (15:25 UTC)
- Place
- Mcallen, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N47916Piper PA-28-161
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 28, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19821028056839A
- Case key
- 71617
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
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
While on approach the pilot encountered wind shear and downdrafts and subsequently struck the number 2 approach light stanchion. The gear assembly sheared off and the aircraft touched down on the runway and veered to the right.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N47916
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-161
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-7816157
- Airframe hours
- 1,353
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-3G, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Pan American Flying Club
- Registered owner
- Pan American Flying Club
- Departed
- MFE · Mcallen, TX
- Destination
- MFE · Mcallen, TX
- Airport
- MFE · Miller Field, runway 13, 7,103 × 150 ft, asphalt
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
- 72
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 21,000 total · 9,000 in this make and model · 32 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 150° at 13 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 180 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.