- Date
- April 18, 1987, 11:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place
- Waring, TX
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2140DPiper PA-28-161
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 30, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870418010149A
- Case key
- 22350
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The newly certificated private pilot landed on runway 17 at a small privately owned airport at Waring, TX. There was a wire fence located 18 feet from the left edge of the landing runway. The pilot allowed the aircraft to drift left off the runway and collide with the fence. The wind was from 160 degrees at eight knots.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2140D
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-161
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-7916145
- Airframe hours
- 3,923
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-EACD36, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Louis M. Simmons
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 3, 1987 · 18 hours before
- Departed
- 8XS9 · Warning, TX
- Airport
- 8XS9 · Rust, runway 17, 2,282 × 32 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
- 24
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 53 total · 4 in this make and model · 24 as pilot in command · 53 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 140° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SAT, 30 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.