- Date
- November 24, 1983, 18:20 local (Nov 25, 1983, 00:20 UTC)
- Place
- Cisco, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N5764FPiper PA-28-140
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19831124060039A
- Case key
- 21218
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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 plt reported that while he was taxiing, after landing, he was focusing his attention on the radio, on the right side of the instrument panel, when the acft rolled off the rwy & into a ditch. During the occurrence, the nosewheel collapsed & the right wing was slightly damaged.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5764F
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-140
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 2825667
- Airframe hours
- 2,692
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2A, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Byron D. Jobe
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 3, 1983
- Departed
- 77F · Winters, TX
- Airport
- 3F2 · Cisco, runway 17, 3,700 × 60 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
- Age
- 25
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 212 total · 187 in this make and model · 172 as pilot in command · 10 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 270° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.