# NTSB FTW88DQG04: Piper PA-28-201T, N30273, Shallowater, TX, April 28, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: April 28, 1988, 14:50 local (19:50 UTC)
- Place: Shallowater, TX
- Coordinates: 33.690769, -101.989944 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6908&lon=-101.9899&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report July 10, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 22468
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW88DQG04
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/22468/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW88DQG04

## 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
  - weather condition - crosswind (contributing factor)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - go-around - delayed, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - aborted
  - terrain condition - soft
  - terrain condition - dirt bank/rising embankment

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N30273-1990-02-07), registration cancelled 1990-02-07, S/N 28R7803283 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-201T
- Registry model: [Piper PA-28R-201T](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-201t) (registry code 7102813) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 28R7803283
- Airframe hours: 5065
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 42; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19880428019359A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880428019359A), Apr 28, 1988: Piper PA28R201T, Shallowater, TX, Substantial damage. Allowed aircraft to depart the runway landing in a strong quartering tailwind on short strip. Hit dirt embankment.

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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