- Date
- March 11, 1984, 18:20 local (Mar 12, 1984, 00:20 UTC)
- Place
- Smithville, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9460LAmerican AA-1A
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840311006469A
- Case key
- 21278
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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 pvt non-instrument plt received two wx briefings for his route of flt from madison, MS, to lufkin, TX, to college station, TX, to san antonio, TX. The last briefing from college station fss informed the plt that marginal VFR conditions exsisted along the route and san antonio was reported IFR. The plt departed college station and reported thatwhen near lockhart, TX, a descent to 1500 ft MSL was performed to maintain in VMC. When attempts to contact austin apch failed the plt turned around to proceed to Smithville, TX, and said he over compensated for the x-wind and became disoriented. After flying around for sometime it began to get dark so the plt decided to land on a road. During the landing roll a gust of wind caught the acft and the left wing contacted a fence.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9460L
- Reported as
- American AA-1A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 0260
- Airframe hours
- 2,239
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-C2C, 108 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Joe Fulgham Jr.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 1, 1983
- Departed
- 14R · Caldwell, TX
- Destination
- San Antonio, TX
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
- 50
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 769 total · 662 in this make and model · 742 as pilot in command · 31 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 120° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 3 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 200 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 63 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- AUS, 31 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.