19821024055089A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper J3 · Sweetwater, TX · October 24, 1982

Date
October 24, 1982 · 16:45 local
Place
Sweetwater, TX
Airport
Sweetwater
Phase of flight
Low Level Operations
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N38449
NTSB investigation
NTSBFTW83LA020
Reported as
Piper J3
Reported engine
Continental O200*
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,000 total2,000 in this make and model100 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.

Dynamite charge damaged aircraft during a simulated air show low level bombing run. No prior practice or waiver.

As the FAA filed it

DYNAMITE CHARGE DAMAGED AIRCRAFT DURING A SIMULATED AIR SHOW LOW LEVEL BOMBING RUN. NO PRIOR PRACTICE OR WAIVER.

NTSB investigation

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