- Date
- September 20, 1984, 19:50 local (Sep 21, 1984, 00:50 UTC)
- Place
- Plainview, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N522MMPiper PA-32R-301
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840920052779A
- Case key
- 21474
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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 CFI stated that at the time of the accident the private plt, in preparation for his commercial certificate, was flying a power off 'spot landing' with a desired touchdown point at the second centerline stripe. In an effort to reach the landing point with full flaps extended, the airplane was flared about 12 ft AGL and landed about 8 ft short ofthe rwy. The acft rolled over the lip at the end of the rwy threshold and the left main gear collapsed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N522MM
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32R-301
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 32R-8013001
- Airframe hours
- 892
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-K1G5D, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Dr. Mark L. Winter
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 15, 1983 · 263 hours before
- Airport
- PVW · Hale County, runway 13, 4,000 × 100 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
- 21
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 535 total · 5 in this make and model · 412 as pilot in command · 227 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 140° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 50 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.