- Date
- August 19, 1983, 19:45 local (Aug 20, 1983, 01:45 UTC)
- Place
- Lindreth, NM
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5230PPiper PA-24-250
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830819045249A
- Case key
- 21020
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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.
Undershoot
Weather condition - downdraftFactor
Proper descent rate - not maintainedCause
In flight collision with terrain/water
Terrain condition - dirt bank/rising embankment
Analysis
The plt said he was approaching the rwy at 90 mph with full flaps and at 300 ft AGL he hit a downdraft. He added power and raised the nose but could not stop the descent.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5230P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24-250
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 24-260
- Airframe hours
- 3,300
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540-A1A5, 250 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- William F. Wright, Jr.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 4, 1983 · 22 hours before
- Departed
- HOB · Hobbs, NM
- Airport
- E32 · Lindrith, runway 25, 3,450 × 75 ft, dirt
N5230PRegistered now · Piper PA-24-250Airframe modelPiper PA-24-250Engine modelLycoming 0-540 series
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
- 36
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 200 total · 37 in this make and model · 20 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Variable at 10 knots, gusting 15
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.