- Date
- April 28, 1988, 14:50 local (19:50 UTC)
- Place
- Shallowater, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N30273Piper PA-28-201T
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 10, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880428019359A
- Case key
- 22468
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot lost directional control during the landing roll with a strong left crosswind on a narrow runway. A go-around was attempted but the aircraft drifted right and received substantial damage when it touched down in soft terrain.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N30273
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-201T
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28R7803283
- Airframe hours
- 5,065
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-360, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Centerline Aviation
- Registered owner
- Bsa Financial Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · March 14, 1988 · 8,517 hours before
- Departed
- ABI · Abilene, TX
- Airport
- E16 · Shallowater, runway 27, 2,400 × 20 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
- 42
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 6,945 total · 475 in this make and model · 5,545 as pilot in command · 106 in the last 90 days · 106 in the last 30 days · 50 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 150° at 20 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 77 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LBB, 11 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.