19860219005129A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-22-150 · Skellytown, TX · February 19, 1986

Date
February 19, 1986 · 19:30 local
Place
Skellytown, TX
Airport
Skellytown
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N9995D
NTSB investigation
NTSBFTW86LQG10
Reported as
Piper PA22150
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
0 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.

Used all of runway but did not establish a climb before wing struck a pole on the takeoff. Blamed a tailwind shift.

As the FAA filed it

USED ALL OF RUNWAY BUT DID NOT ESTABLISH A CLIMB BEFORE WING STRUCK A POLE ON THE TAKEOFF. BLAMED A TAILWIND SHIFT.

NTSB investigation

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