- Date
- July 30, 1987, 10:10 local (15:10 UTC)
- Place
- San Benito, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N23943Piper PA-38-112
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 25, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870730040519A
- Case key
- 22407
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
Drg the landing roll, the acft's left wing struck a tv camera man, who was standing at the left edge of the rwy, aprx 1200' from the threshold. The acft then veered off the left side of the rwy & the right main gear collapsed. Witnesses stated the camera man had been requested to stand back from the rwy (2 or 3 times), but he ignored the warnings. The acft had a 38' wing span while the rwy was only 40' wide. Rprtdly, the acft drifted slightly to the left (aprx 3') drg the landing roll. The plt stated the nose of the acft was still raised when he saw the camera man on the rwy surface, and instantly thereafter, the collision occurred.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N23943
- Reported as
- Piper PA-38-112
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 38-79A1070
- Airframe hours
- 2,058
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 112 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Lewis C. Barr
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · June 1, 1987 · 58 hours before
- Departed
- T66
- Airport
- T66 · San Benito Muni, runway 12, 3,200 × 40 ft, asphalt
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 17
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 32 total · 32 in this make and model · 17 as pilot in command · 16 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 140° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 75 °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.