Piper PA-25-235C N8832L
1 March 1982 · Big Spring, Texas, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 1 March 1982 at about 20:30 local time, a Piper PA-25-235C registered N8832L, operated by Robert E. McClure, was involved in an accident near Big Spring, Texas, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 20:30
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Big Spring, Texas, United States
- Nearest airport
- Big Spring (BGS)
- Coordinates
- 32.2394, -101.4705
- Aircraft
- Piper PA-25-235C
- Registration
- N8832L
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Robert E. McClure
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Big Spring → Big Spring
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- FTW82DA115
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Probable cause
The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.
Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.
Read the full NTSB narrative
THE PILOT REPORTED THAT HE HAD BEEN PRACTICING CROSSWIND LANDINGS IN WINDS THAT WERE GUSTING TO 25 KNOTS. ON THE LAST LANDING, HE USED FLAPS. HE REPORTED THAT HE HAD LANDED AND WAS TAXIING ON THE RUNWAY WHEN A GUST OF WIND RAISED THE RIGHT WING. THE LEFT WING STRUCK THE RUNWAY AND WAS DAMAGED. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT THE WAS ATTEMPTING TO RETRACT THE MANUAL FLAPS AND WAS HAVING TROUBLE GETTING THE LOCK TO RELEASE WHEN THE GUST WAS ENCOUNTERED.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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