- Date
- May 31, 1984, 16:45 local (21:45 UTC)
- Place
- Odessa, TX
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N16461Piper PA-28-235
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840531020449A
- Case key
- 21357
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
During the takeoff ground roll the plt noticed the inop airspeed indicator but continued the takeoff. The acft bounced during the long fast landing and traveled off the right side of the rwy. The plt corrected back to the left and the acft touchdown hard off the left side of the airstrip collapsing all three landing gear.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N16461
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-235
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-7310098
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540-B4B5, 235 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Billy W. Murray
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- Odessa, TX
- Airport
- Bates Field, runway 16, 5,000 × 50 ft, dirt
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
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 14 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MAF, 4 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.