Piper PA-38-112 N9840T

Summary

On 9 January 1996 at about 16:32 local time, a Piper PA-38-112 registered N9840T, operated by Flight Training Systems, Inc., was involved in an accident near Port Mansfield, Texas, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

9 January 1996 at 16:32

Classification

Accident

Location

Port Mansfield, Texas, United States

Nearest airport

Charles R. Johnson (T05)

Coordinates

26.5501, -97.4303

Aircraft

Piper PA-38-112

Registration

N9840T

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Flight Training Systems, Inc.

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Unknown → Brownsville

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

FTW96LA087

Nobody was injured.

Deer running onto the runway as the student pilot was landing. A factor relating to the accident was: the soft terrain that was encountered as the pilot was maneuvering to avoid a collision.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

After the airplane touched down during a landing, deer ran onto the runway. The pilot started to abort the landing (go around); however, he reported that the power 'didn't increase fast enough.' He aborted the go-around, but the airplane encountered soft/sandy terrain beside the runway during the roll-out. Subsequently, the nose gear collapsed resulting in structural damage.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.