Accident Piper PA-28R-200 N32978, Sunday 9 January 1983

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Date:	Sunday 9 January 1983
Time:	12:40 LT
Type:	Piper PA-28R-200
Owner/operator:	Rodney Smith
Registration:	N32978
MSN:	28R-7535103
Year of manufacture:	1975
Engine model:	Lycoming IO-360-C1C
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Substantial
Category:	Accident
Location:	Bandera, TX - United States of America
Phase:	Taxi
Nature:	Private
Departure airport:	San Antonio, TX (KSAT)
Destination airport:
Investigating agency:	NTSB
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
THE PILOT STATED THAT AFTER A NORMAL LANDING, HE TAXIED TO THE END OF THE RUNWAY IN ORDER TO ALLOW ANOTHER AIRCRAFT TO LAND. HE THAN TAXIED ABOUT 70 FT OFF THE RUNWAY INTO A GRASS TURNAROUND/TAXI AREA WHERE THE AIRCRAFT HIT AN 18 INCH DEEP HOLE WITH THE LEFT GEAR. THE IMPACT CAUSED THE GEAR TO GO UP THROUGH THE WING. THE HOLE WAS NOT MARKED.

Probable Cause:

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