- Date
- September 26, 1983, 19:49 local (Sep 27, 1983, 00:49 UTC)
- Place
- Kerrville, TX
- Injuries
- 7 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2340XPiper PA-31T
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830926050839A
- Case key
- 21062
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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 encounter with terrain/water
Terrain condition - loose gravel/sandyFactor
Notams - not followedCause
Procedures/directives - not followedCause
Analysis
The acft collided with gravel on an unlighted closed rwy. The rwy was notamed as closed. The plt had been to the arpt earlier in the day and was aware of construction in progress. The plt has not filed an accident report.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2340X
- Reported as
- Piper PA-31T
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 31T-8120005
- Engine
- P&W PT6A-28, 620 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Eldorado Oil & Gas Co.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- ICT · Wichita, KS
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- ERV · Kerrville Muni, runway 12, 4,400 × 100 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 60
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 90° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SAT, 50 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.