# NTSB FTW84LA215: Piper PA-28-140, N8695E, Shiro, TX, April 27, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: April 27, 1984, 17:15 local (23:15 UTC)
- Place: Shiro, TX
- Coordinates: 30.600587, -95.869483 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.6006&lon=-95.8695&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 21321
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW84LA215
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/21321/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW84LA215

## Sequence of events

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

- Overrun, takeoff - roll/run
  - airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - inadequate (contributing factor)
  - judgment - poor, pilot in command (cause)
  - overconfidence in personal ability, pilot in command (cause)
  - total, pilot in command (cause)
  - judgment - poor, flight instructor(on ground) (cause)
  - supervision - inadequate, flight instructor(on ground) (cause)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, takeoff - roll/run
  - terrain condition - ditch (contributing factor)
  - object - tree(s) (contributing factor)
  - landing gear,nose gear - overload (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH A FENCE, DITCH & TREES DURING A TOUCH-&-GO LANDING ON A SHORT GRASS STRIP WITH OBSTRUCTIONS AT BOTH ENDS. THIS WAS THE STUDENTS 4TH SOLO ATTEMPT AND ACCORDING TO THE OWNER OF THE AVIATION TRAINING CENTER TOUCH-&-GO LANDINGS ARE NOT NORMALLY PERMITTED ON FIELDS THAT 'SHORT' ESPECIALLY WITH A STUDENT OF LIMITED EXPERIENCE. HE THOUGHT THAT THE STUDENT 'COERCED' THE CFI INTO ENDORSING THE SOLO FLT. THERE WERE 40 FT TREES AT THE END OF THE 2080 FT LONG TURF AIRSTRIP. THE OWNER OF THE TRAINING SCHOOL SAID HE SAW EVIDENCE OF BRAKING AT MIDFIELD WHEN THE STUDENT HAD DOUBTS ABOUT CLEARING THE TREES.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8695E](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8695E-2013-09-11), registration cancelled 2013-09-11, S/N 28-7625147, built 1976 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-140
- Registry model: [Piper PA-28-140](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (registry code 7102802) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 2804625147
- Airframe hours: 1754
- Engines: LYCOMING O-320-E3D 150 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Registered owner: David W. Kiker
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, October 10, 1983, 45 hours before
- Departed: SHIRO, TX
- Airport: runway 36, 2,080 × 50 ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 24; student; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 27 total, 27 in this make and model, 3 as pilot in command, 27 in the last 90 days, 9 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 360° at 5 knots
- Visibility: 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 88 °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 19840427014769A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840427014769A), Apr 27, 1984: Piper PA28140, Shiro, TX, Substantial damage. Student pilot aborted touch and go landing and aircraft crashed through a fence and into a tree.

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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