Piper PA-28-180 N7807W
19 March 1985 · Wheeler, Texas, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 19 March 1985 at about 23:15 local time, a Piper PA-28-180 registered N7807W was involved in an accident near Wheeler, 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 23:15
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Wheeler, Texas, United States
- Nearest airport
- Holt (3E9)
- Coordinates
- 35.4396, -100.2699
- Aircraft
- Piper PA-28-180
- Registration
- N7807W
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Business
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Guyman → Unknown
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- FTW85LA157
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
ACCORDING TO THE PLT, EN ROUTE DETERIORATING WX WAS EXPERIENCED AND HE ELECTED TO LAND AT WHEELER INSTEAD OF HIS ORIGINAL DEST, GRANDFIELD, OK. THE ACFT WAS LANDED SLIGHTLY FAST AND DOWNWIND. WINDS WERE FROM 210 DEGREES AT 15 GUSTING TO 20. AT THE ACFT NEARED THE NORTH END OF THE RWY, THE PLT STATED, THE RIGHT BRAKE PEDAL WENT SOFT. THE LANDING WAS ABORTED WITH THE APPLICATION OF FULL POWER. ONCE AIRBORNE THE ACFT CLEARED A FENCE BUT WOULD NOT CLIMB FAST ENOUGH TO CLEAR A LINE OF TREES. REALIZING THE ACFT WOULD NOT CLEAR THE TREES THE PLT REDUCED POWER AND FLEW THE ACFT IN A LDG ATTITUDE INTO ROUGH TERRAIN.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Piper PA-28 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 Oct 1985 | Piper PA-28-140 | Kansas City, Missouri, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 3 Nov 1985 | Piper PA-28-140 | Ranchos de Taos, New Mexico, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 1 Jul 1985 | Piper PA-28-236 | New Milford, Connecticut, United States | Taylor MacHine Co. | No injuries | - |
| 12 Jul 1985 | Piper PA-28-140 | Cherry Valley, New York, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 21 Nov 1985 | Piper PA-28-161 | Washington Twp., Indiana, United States | Bowman Aviation, Inc. | Fatal | 2 |
| 28 Nov 1985 | Piper PA-28-161 | Duluth, Minnesota, United States | Thunderbird Aviation | Fatal | 3 |
All 9,402 records for this type
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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