# NTSB FTW87LA098: Piper PA-28-161, N2140D, Waring, TX, April 18, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: April 18, 1987, 11:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place: Waring, TX
- Location: 29.9570° N, 98.7904° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at RUST FLD (8XS9), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.9570&lon=-98.7904&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 30, 1988
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 22350
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW87LA098
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/22350/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW87LA098

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - proper alignment - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of familiarity with aircraft, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll
  - object - fence (contributing factor)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2140D-1992-12-28), registration cancelled 1992-12-28, S/N 287916145 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-161
- Registry model: [Piper PA-28-161](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-161) (registry code 7102803) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 28-7916145
- Airframe hours: 3923
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 24; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19870418010149A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870418010149A), Apr 18, 1987: Piper PA28161, Waring, TX, Substantial damage. The aircraft drifted off the side of the runway and struck a row of fence posts. Inexperienced pilot.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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