- Date
- April 16, 1986, 18:45 local (Apr 17, 1986, 00:45 UTC)
- Place
- Mt. Vernon, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2122LPiper PA-28-181
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860416012059A
- Case key
- 22013
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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 pilot reported landing at above normal speed, when he lost control of the aircraft at touchdown. The aircraft then veered off the runway onto wet grass. Do to the slippery conditions, the aircraft began sliding until it collided with a fence 100 feet from the end of the runway. A fence post caught the right wing, causing the right wing to dislodge from the fuselage.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2122L
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-181
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-7990257
- Airframe hours
- 1,488
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A4M, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Bob C. Tinsley
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 12, 1985 · 95 hours before
- Departed
- RBD · Redbird, TX
- Airport
- Private, runway 18, 2,200 × 180 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
- Age
- 49
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 117 total · 117 in this make and model · 6 as pilot in command · 36 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 200° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TYR, 50 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.