- Date
- June 28, 1985, 10:20 local (15:20 UTC)
- Place
- Dothan, AL
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N151APiper J3C-65
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850628028499A
- Case key
- 6624
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
A witness related that she observed the acft flying low over fields and trees. She lost sight of the acft as it went around a bend in the road. When she rounded the curve she saw the acft nose down in a field with the tail pointed virtually straight up. The plt said that he remembers nothing of the accident sequence. According to the plt the last thing he remembers is flying straight and level at 90 mph at 1000 ft AGL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N151A
- Reported as
- Piper J3C-65
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 20760
- Airframe hours
- 1,201
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Kelly L. Teague
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 1, 1984 · 48 hours before
- Departed
- 37J · Dothan, AL
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 25
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Helicopter, Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Rear
- Flight hours
- 1,347 total · 33 in this make and model · 731 as pilot in command · 132 in the last 90 days · 40 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 100° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 2 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 800 ft broken
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DHN, 4 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.