Piper PA-28RT-201T incident near Trenton, Nebraska, December 31, 1983
On December 31, 1983 at about 9:55 pm local time, a Piper PA-28RT-201T, registered N2082Y, suffered minor damage in an incident near Trenton, Nebraska (Municpal airport). It was a flight of an unrecorded kind under charter and air-taxi rules (Part 135). No one was hurt; 4 people were on board or involved. The weather was visual conditions (good weather).
The NTSB's probable cause their words, unchanged
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database, copy made October 5, 2026. Docket and reports at the NTSB.
What the record shows
- Date
- December 31, 1983 · about 9:55 pm local time
- Place
- Trenton, Nebraska · Municpal · map
- Type
- Incident
- Injuries
- No one was hurt; 4 people were on board or involved.
- Weather
- visual conditions (good weather)
- Aircraft
- Piper PA-28RT-201T PA-28RT-20 · all PA-28RT-201Ts on the register
- Registration
- N2082Y · no longer on the register · serial 28F-7931143
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Flight of an unrecorded kind · charter and air-taxi rules (Part 135)
The NTSB's narrative final · quoted from the NTSB record
DURING A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING DUE TO A PARTIAL POWER LOSS THE ACFT NOSE GEAR FAILED AFTER COLLIDING WITH A SNOW BANK. THE NO. 6 CYLINDER WALL WAS FOUND BROKEN.
The complete narrative as the NTSB published it. The NTSB's docket holds the report as a PDF and any photographs, statements and other documents from the investigation.
The factual record from the NTSB's investigation tables, in plain English
Pilot
- Certificate: commercial pilot
- Ratings: single-engine land; instructor: airplane single-engine; instrument: airplane
- Flight time: 3,143 hours in all; 3,227 in this make and model; 123 in the last 90 days; 3,102 as pilot in command
- Medical certificate: Class 2 (valid medical--no waivers/lim.)
- Seat: left
The aircraft
- Airframe total time: 1,176 hours
- Last inspection: annual inspection, November 14, 1983; 20 hours since
- Maximum gross weight: 2,400 lb
- Seats: 4
- Landing gear: retractable
- Engine: Continental TSIP-360-FB (piston); 0 hours total
- Operator: Holzmeister Aviation
The flight
- Departed from: RAP Rapid City SD at 8:00 pm
- Destination: K74 Oakley KS
- Flight plan: none
- Runway 0
Weather at the time
- Light: daylight
- Wind: from 280° at 4 knots
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Sky: broken clouds at 6,500 ft; not recorded
- Temperature: 37°F (3°C), dew point 27°F (-3°C)
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observation at 8:48 pm from LBF, 45 miles away
Injuries
| Fatal | Serious | Minor | None | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crew | 1 | |||
| Passengers | 3 |
Documents from the investigation the NTSB's docket: the evidence folder behind the report
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Other NTSB records under N2082Y the same tail number, which may have belonged to a different aircraft at the time
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