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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper J3C-65 · Cypress, TX · April 21, 2016

Date
April 21, 2016 · 19:35 local
Place
Cypress, TX
Airport
Dry Creek Airport
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Climb Out
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N55754
Reported as
Piper J3C-65
Reported engine
Continental A&C65 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Student
Pilot’s flight hours
75 total50 in this make and model30 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.

The pilot was going for a solo flight and reported on takeoff, she pulled to hard back on the stick. This caused the airplane to stall. The pilot then lost control and flew into a fence 100 yard off the west side of the runway.

As the FAA filed it

THE PILOT WAS GOING FOR A SOLO FLIGHT AND REPORTED ON TAKEOFF, SHE PULLED TO HARD BACK ON THE STICK. THIS CAUSED THE AIRPLANE TO STALL. THE PILOT THEN LOST CONTROL AND FLEW INTO A FENCE 100 YARD OFF THE WEST SIDE OF THE RUNWAY.

Other reports on N55754 · 1

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.