- Date
- July 18, 1982, 09:22 local (14:22 UTC)
- Place
- Lawrence, KS
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N43957Piper PA-28-181
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 18, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820718030169A
- Case key
- 71391
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The student pilot was on his third solo cross country flight. A NOTAM was in effect showing part of runway 19 at Lawrence municipal was closed. The pilot said he saw the markings but was distracted by a crosswind. He landed on the closed portion of the runway and collided with a trench.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N43957
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-181
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 287890034
- Airframe hours
- 2,251
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A4M, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Richard A. Benjes
- Registered owner
- Frank E. Winter
- Departed
- HUT · Hutchinson, KS
- Destination
- HUT · Hutchinson, KS
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- 3LA · Lawrence Municipal, runway 19, 2,000 × 75 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
- 38
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 46 total · 46 in this make and model · 21 as pilot in command · 38 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 181 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TOP
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.