- Date
- September 28, 1988, 19:15 local (Sep 29, 1988, 00:15 UTC)
- Place
- Fort Worth, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N4683RPiper PA-28-140
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report January 16, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880928041829A
- Case key
- 22684
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The pvt plt (PIC) was flying with an instructor (CFI), who had an expired medical certificate. The CFI stated he was flying as a safety plt only. The PIC extended his downwind leg & subsequently was low & slow on a long final apch. He raised the nose of the acft to clear some power lines, then the acft developed a sink rate that the PIC was unable to correct with full power. Subsequently, the acft touched down short of the rwy, hit a fence & was damaged. The CFI said he had applied full power, but was too late to recover before touching down. The PIC had only 1 hr in this make & model & was unfamiliar with its glide & landing characteristics. Also, he said he was slightly distracted by a train which was apchg from the opposite direction & was passing the arpt on the right side of the rwy.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4683R
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-140
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-21442
- Airframe hours
- 1,887
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2A, 140 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Willie C. Osmond
- Registered owner
- Osmon, Willie C
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 14, 1987 · 10 hours before
- Departed
- 9F9
- Airport
- 9F9 · Sycamore, runway 17, 3,950 × 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
- 26
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 116 total · 1 in this make and model · 81 as pilot in command · 7 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 180° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 90 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FTW, 18 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.