- Date
- May 8, 1987, 15:45 local (20:45 UTC)
- Place
- Butler, AL
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N8024LPiper PA-11
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 2, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870508015339A
- Case key
- 7424
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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.
Loss of control - in flight
Airspeed - not maintainedCause
Stall - inadvertentCause
Lack of total experienceFactor
Aircraft handling - inadequateCause
In flight collision with terrain/water
Analysis
The student plt reported that a gust of wind 'caught' the airplane's left wing shortly after takeoff at about 100 ft AGL; he subsequently 'lost control' and the airplane 'went down'.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8024L
- Reported as
- Piper PA-11
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 11-69
- Airframe hours
- 2,800
- Engine
- Continental C-85, 85 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Dr. Willie F. Kelley, Jr.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 14, 1986 · 52 hours before
- Airport
- 9A · Choctaw Co., runway 29, 4,085 × 80 ft
N8024LRegistration cancelled Sep 27, 2012 · Piper PA-11Airframe modelPiper PA-11Engine modelContinental C85 series
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
- 25
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 39 total · 25 in this make and model · 19 as pilot in command · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 60° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MEI, 35 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.