- Date
- June 29, 1985, 21:30 local (Jun 30, 1985, 02:30 UTC)
- Place
- Fort Worth, TX
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N8473XPiper PA-28RT-201T
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850629033249A
- Case key
- 21795
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
Plt was taxiing to parking ramp/hangar after landing and following lineman's signals. He turned off the angling taxiway too soon and the nose and right main gears fell into a hole/low area off the edge of the taxiway. The propeller and right wing struck the ground with resulting substantial damage. The plt stated he should have kept landing light on taxiway until clearing taxiway intersection instead of following lineman's instructions.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8473X
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28RT-201T (PA-28RT-20)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28R-8131184
- Airframe hours
- 1,278
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-360-FB, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Bert R. Whisenant, Jr.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 21, 1985 · 205 hours before
- Departed
- 3R7 · Jennings, LA
- Airport
- FTW · Meacham
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
- 35
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 350 total · 283 in this make and model · 274 as pilot in command · 26 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Wind
- 130° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
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