Piper PA-28R-201T N6558C

Summary

On 20 May 1999 at about 02:00 local time, a Piper PA-28R-201T registered N6558C was involved in an accident near Taylor, 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

20 May 1999 at 02:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Taylor, Texas, United States

Nearest airport

Taylor Municipal (T74)

Coordinates

30.5694, -97.4091

Aircraft

Piper PA-28R-201T

Registration

N6558C

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

FTW99LA135

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's failure to maintain a proper glide path, which resulted in a collision with a wire. A factor was the dark night condition.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot reported on his tenth night landing to the runway, the approach was a little high, so he elected to do another landing. However, on the next approach, he 'overcompensated and fell below the glide slope,' and the airplane impacted a wire. The wire wrapped around the propeller, the engine lost power, and the airplane touched down in a corn field, approximately 200-300 feet short of the runway. After touchdown, the wire 'yanked' the airplane around to the left, and it came to rest upright 90 degrees from the approach heading.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.