# Accident 19820220004679A: Piper PA36375, St Jo, TX, February 20, 1982

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 20, 1982, 10:45 local time
- Place: St Jo, TX
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.6941° N, 97.5221° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Saint Jo, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6941&lon=-97.5221&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3802E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3802E-1982-10-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-36-375 (registry code 7103620, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-36-375) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA36375
- Reported engine: LYC IO720*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 252 total, 25 in this make and model, 69 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW82FPD09](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW82FPD09) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820220004679A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

AFTER TAKEOFF AIRCRAFT CLIMBED AND HEADED BACK TOWARD AIRPORT, THEN WAS OBSERVED DIVING VERTICALLY INTO GROUND.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB FTW82FPD09](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW82FPD09), Feb 20, 1982: Piper PA-36-375 (N3802E), Saint Jo, TX, destroyed, 1 fatal

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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