- Date
- January 9, 1983, 11:40 local (17:40 UTC)
- Place
- Bandera, TX
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N32978Piper PA-28R-200
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830109000839A
- Case key
- 20789
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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 pilot stated that after a normal landing, he taxied to the end of the runway in order to allow another aircraft to land. He than taxied about 70 ft off the runway into a grass turnaround/taxi area where the aircraft hit an 18 inch deep hole with the left gear. The impact caused the gear to go up through the wing. The hole was not marked.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N32978
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28R-200
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28R-7535103
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-C1C, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Rodney Smith
- Registered owner
- John D. Luther
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- SAT · San Antonio, TX
- Airport
- T33 · Flying L. Ranch, runway 15, 3,260 × 50 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
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.