19811025071189A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA22 · Rio Hondo, TX · October 25, 1981

Date
October 25, 1981 · 18:00 local
Place
Rio Hondo, TX
Phase of flight
Practice Training Manuevers
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N9739D
NTSB investigation
NTSBFTW82FRG05
Reported as
Piper PA22
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
19,900 total0 in this make and model0 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.

Inadvertently entered a spin on a practice stall. Failed to use proper recovery method.

As the FAA filed it

INADVERTENTLY ENTERED A SPIN ON A PRACTICE STALL. FAILED TO USE PROPER RECOVERY METHOD.

NTSB investigation

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