- Date
- August 19, 1984, 10:45 local (15:45 UTC)
- Place
- Fort Worth, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6480JPiper PA-28-180
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840819041869A
- Case key
- 21433
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
Due to acft parked in close proximity to the right side of the narrow (25 ft) runway and a crosswind from the left, the plt favored the left side of the runway on landing line-up. During the landing roll, he was unable to arrest a left drift before the acft departed the left side of the runway and collided with a ditch.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6480J
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-4908
- Airframe hours
- 1,004
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A3A, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Dallas L Harris
- Registered owner
- William R. Harris
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 1, 1984
- Airport
- 9F9 · Sycamore, runway 35, 3,450 × 25 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
- 52
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 140 total · 85 in this make and model · 92 as pilot in command · 22 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 260° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 90 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FTW, 12 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.