19791106030619A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper J3 · Pine Bluff, AR · November 6, 1979

Date
November 6, 1979 · 14:55 local
Place
Pine Bluff, AR
Airport
Municipal
Phase of flight
In Traffic Pattern-Circling
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N98667
NTSB investigation
NTSBFTW80FPG02
Reported as
Piper J3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
130 total31 in this make and model30 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Witnesses observed the aircraft to stall and spin to the ground on base leg of traffic pattern.

As the FAA filed it

WITNESSES OBSERVED THE AIRCRAFT TO STALL AND SPIN TO THE GROUND ON BASE LEG OF TRAFFIC PATTERN.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.