- Date
- September 1, 1985, 13:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place
- Hendersonville, NC
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N323TPiper PA-18 105
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850901042219A
- Case key
- 6866
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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.
On ground/water encounter with terrain/water
Terrain condition - high vegetation
Touch-and-go - performed
Directional control - not maintainedCause
Analysis
During the takeoff phase of a touch & go landing, the CFR and private pilot lost directional control and ran off the side of the runway.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N323T
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18 105
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 182437
- Airframe hours
- 3,853
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-C1, 115 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Aerolina,Inc.
- Registered owner
- Aerolina,Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · July 25, 1985 · 1 hours before
- Departed
- 0A7 · Hendersonville, NC
- Airport
- 0A7 · Hendersonville, runway 14, 3,075 × 40 ft, macadam
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 45
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Rear
- Flight hours
- 2,544 total · 155 in this make and model · 2,444 as pilot in command · 95 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Observed at
- AVL
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.