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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Piper PA-32-260 · St Clair, MO · April 8, 1995

Date
April 8, 1995 · 16:29 local
Place
St Clair, MO
Airport
St Clair Regional Airport
Phase of flight
To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N3631W
NTSB investigation
NTSBCHI95LA120
Reported as
Piper PA32260
Reported engine
Lycoming O540E4B5
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
1

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.

Poor acceleration on takeoff. Aborted. Tried again, same. Dragged wing crashed. Burned. Valves failed. Worn cams.

As the FAA filed it

POOR ACCELERATION ON TAKEOFF. ABORTED. TRIED AGAIN, SAME. DRAGGED WING CRASHED. BURNED. VALVES FAILED. WORN CAMS.

NTSB investigation

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