- Date
- January 6, 1984, 14:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place
- Del Rio, TX
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8117ZPiper PA-28-236
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840106001229A
- Case key
- 21240
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
During landing on a 4000 ft sod ranch strip the plt ran off the rwy into a raving and collapsed the landing gear. The plt said he landed in a crab and ran off the rwy. The owner on form 6120.1 stated that it was plt error, that the plt missed the rwy and ran into the ravine at the end of rwy.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8117Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-236
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-8011026
- Airframe hours
- 700
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540-J3A5D, 235 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Robert L. Wessley
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- T17 · Houston, TX
- Airport
- Private
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 55 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N8117Z · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.