# NTSB FTW84FA021: Piper PA-28-161, N8161S, Aubrey, TX, October 14, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: October 14, 1983, 13:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place: Aubrey, TX
- Coordinates: 33.300579, -96.98059 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.3006&lon=-96.9806&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 21071
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW84FA021
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/21071/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW84FA021

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- In flight collision with object, maneuvering
  - emergency procedure - simulated, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - altitude - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - supervision - inadequate, check pilot (cause)

## Analysis

THE PURPOSE OF THE FLT WAS TO GIVE A BFR TO THE PRIVATE RATED PLT WHO HAD NOT FLOWN FOR ABOUT 1 YEAR. THERE WERE NO WITNESSES TO THE ACCIDENT. THE PLT STATED THAT HE COULD RECALL DOING BASIC AIRWORK DURING THE FLT, BUT COULD NOT RECALL ANY DETAILS OF THE FLT JUST PRIOR TO & DURING THE CRASH. THE ACFT HAD CONTACTED A TREE ON THE EDGE OF A POND ABOUT 30 FT AGL.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8161S](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8161S-1996-09-09), registration cancelled 1996-09-09, S/N 288016217 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-161
- Registry model: [Piper PA-28-161](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-161) (registry code 7102803) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 28-8016217
- Airframe hours: 1261
- Engines: LYCOMING O-320-D3G 160 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: Airport Flying School
- Registered owner: Jack D. Allen Berg
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection: 100 hour, August 5, 1983, 87 hours before
- Departed: ADS, ADDISON, TX

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 21; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 1, expired; seat: left

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 180° at 17 knots, gusting 28
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 73 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: FTW, 40 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19831014054439A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831014054439A), Oct 14, 1983: Piper PA28161, Aubrey, TX, Destroyed. Collided with a tree and assorted objects. Initial impact was in a nose down wing low attitude. No airplane defects

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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