- Date
- September 26, 1986, 16:45 local (20:45 UTC)
- Place
- Apex, NC
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Emergency descent
- Aircraft
- N27047Piper TG8-J3C-65
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 10, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860926048939A
- Case key
- 6969
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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.
Analysis
The plt was practicing takeoffs and landings in his newly acquired J3 at a private airstrip when the eng sputtered and then quit. The plt lost control of the acft and hit a 't' hanger prior to hitting the ground. The acft caught fire and was destroyed, damaging the hanger in the process. A witness to earlier portions of the flt stated that the plt was making an approach in one direction and a takeoff in the opposite direction. Weather conditions were such that carburetor ice could form easily during the low power phase of each flight. The plts flt time was not reported or available.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N27047
- Reported as
- Piper TG8-J3C-65
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 4325
- Airframe hours
- 3,563
- Engine
- Continental A-65-8, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Doyle E. Booth
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 10, 1986
- Airport
- Deck Airpark, runway 22, 1,850 × 100 ft, dirt
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
- 36
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Expired
- Seat
- Front
- Toxicology
- Performed
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Temperature
- 91 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- RDU, 10 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.