# Accident 19980829022329A: Jodel F11-3, Beeville, TX, August 29, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 29, 1998
- Place: Beeville, TX
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.4005° N, 97.7394° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.4005&lon=-97.7394&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8122, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8122-2017-06-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Jodel F11-3 (registry code 470035A, https://openairdocs.org/model/jodel-f11-3) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C85 series (registry code 17008, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c85-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW98FA377](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW98FA377) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980829022329A

## Narrative

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

ACFT STRUCK AN ANTENNA ON TOP OF THE SKYS THE LIMIT AIRPORT BLDG, ACFT CRASHED AND WAS DESTROYED BY FIRE. (-23) THE AIRCRAFT WAS EXECUTING LOW ALTITUDE PASSES OVER A PRIVATE AIRPORT WHEN IT CRASHED AFTER STRIKING AN ANTENNA MOUNTED ON A STRUCTURE AT THE AIRPORT.

## 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 FTW98FA377](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW98FA377), Aug 29, 1998: Jodel F11-3 (N8122), Beeville, TX, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The failure of the pilot-in-command to maintain obstacle clearance during an intentional low altitude maneuver.

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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