Piper PA-28-235D N8532N

Summary

On 18 July 1982 at about 21:30 local time, a Piper PA-28-235D registered N8532N, operated by David L. Hull, was involved in an accident near Falls City, Nebraska, United States. 3 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

18 July 1982 at 21:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Falls City, Nebraska, United States

Nearest airport

Brenner Field (FNB)

Coordinates

40.3106, -97.8094

Aircraft

Piper PA-28-235D

Registration

N8532N

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

David L. Hull

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Falls City → Falls City

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

MKC82DA127

Nobody was injured.

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 WHILE HE WAS LANDING WITH A 6 TO 7 KT CROSSWIND, THE PLANE WAS BLOWN TOWARD THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. IN ORDER TO AVOID THE RUNWAY LIGHTS, HE INTENTIONALLY MANEUVERED THE AIRCRAFT OFF THE SIDE OF THE RUNWAY, INTO THE GRASS. WHEN HE FOUND THAT HE WOULD BE UNABLE TO STOP BEFORE CROSSING AN INTERSECTING RUNWAY, HE INITIATED A GO-AROUND. DURING THE LIFT-OFF, THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK AN INTERSECTION MARKER CONE. AFTER THE GO-AROUND AND AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING, THE PILOT FOUND A DEEP GASH IN THE BOTTOM OF THE AFT FUSELAGE.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.