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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper J3 · St Joseph Islan, TX · March 5, 1981

Date
March 5, 1981 · 12:00 local
Place
St Joseph Islan, TX
Phase of flight
Takeoff Ground Roll
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
CFNKX
Reported as
Piper J3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,400 total400 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.

Landed on beach. Attempted takeoff. Contacted soft sand. Airplane flipped over.

As the FAA filed it

LANDED ON BEACH. ATTEMPTED TAKEOFF. CONTACTED SOFT SAND. AIRPLANE FLIPPED OVER.