- Date
- November 18, 1982, 18:30 local (Nov 19, 1982, 00:30 UTC)
- Place
- Sanderson, TX
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N5914FPiper PA-28-151
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report November 18, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19821118060009A
- Case key
- 72514
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
On ground/water collision with object
Pull-up - attemptedFactor
Stall - inadvertentCause
Object - utility poleFactor
Light condition - dark nightFactor
Weather condition - haze/smoke
Loss of control - on ground/water
Terrain condition - groundFactor
Analysis
The pilot became disoriented and made a precautionary landing on a highway. After verifying his location the pilot tookoff, made a sharp pullup to avoid a roadside reflector, settled back to the road surface and hit a pole. The pilot veered off the highway and impacted the ground.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5914F
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-151
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 287715157
- Airframe hours
- 25
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E3D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Claude W. Bailey
- Registered owner
- Claude W. Bailey
- Departed
- Sanderson, TX
- Destination
- AI · Alpine, TX
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 67
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 550 total · 550 in this make and model · 45 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Visibility
- 10 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.