- Date
- July 15, 1987, 17:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place
- Adams, NE
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8097SPiper PA-28-181
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 7, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870715034959A
- Case key
- 34413
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
After a normal approach and landing on a private sod strip, the pilot stated the aircraft swerved to the left of the runway to an adjoining plowed field. The aircraft struck a large hay bale followed by a large mound of dirt. Post accident investigation revealed the nose wheel tire was flat.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8097S
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-181
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-8090108
- Airframe hours
- 1,300
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A4M, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Beatrice Air,Inc.
- Registered owner
- Karl F. Schwarz
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · July 16, 1987 · 15 hours before
- Departed
- BIE · Beatrice, NE
- Destination
- 16NE · Panama, NE
- Airport
- 16NE · Korver, runway 17, 5,000 × 11 ft, grass/turf
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
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 96 total · 9 in this make and model · 44 as pilot in command · 44 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 30° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 91 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LNK, 20 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.