# NTSB FTW84LA004: Piper PA-28R-200, N40711, Brenham, TX, October 2, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: October 2, 1983, 13:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place: Brenham, TX
- Coordinates: 30.149978, -96.390991 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.1500&lon=-96.3910&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 4 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 21169
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW84LA004
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/21169/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW84LA004

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - flare - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - landing gear - overload (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE PILOT, ACCOMPANIED BY THREE PASSENGERS, LANDED HARD, BOUNCED AND LAST CONTROL OF THE ACFT, WHICH CONTINUED INTO A STOCK TANK/POND. EXAMINATION REVEALED ALL THREE MAIN GEAR ASSEMBLIES WERE COLLAPSED AND BOTH LEFT AND RIGHT WING ASSEMBLIES WERE DAMAGED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N40711](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N40711-2014-12-18), registration cancelled 2014-12-18, S/N 28R-7435115, built 1973 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28R-200
- Registry model: [Piper PA-28R-200](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-200) (registry code 7102811) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming I0360 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (registry code 41515, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 28R-7435115
- Airframe hours: 1630
- Engines: LYCOMING IO-360-C1C 200 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Donald Ray Hair
- Registered owner: Odessa Fabrication Service
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, December 7, 1982
- Airport: 11R, Brenham Muni, runway 16, 3,400 × 50 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 41; student; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 60 total, 17 in this make and model, 35 as pilot in command, 17 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 135° at 12 knots
- Visibility: 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 84 °F

## 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 19831002052709A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831002052709A), Oct 2, 1983: Piper PA28R200, Brenham, TX, Destroyed. Bounced on landing. Impact collapsed the landing gear. Aircraft slid off the runway into a pond.

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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