- Date
- May 13, 1988, 11:00 local (15:00 UTC)
- Place
- Mocksville, NC
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N9674PPiper PA-18-150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 9, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880513015319A
- Case key
- 7759
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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 floatplane student pilot lost control of the aircraft during a practice glassy water take off. The floatplane instructor did not take control soon enough and the aircraft stalled and struck the water.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9674P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18-150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18-7509017
- Airframe hours
- 1,310
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A2B, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Missionary Aviation Institute
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 3, 1987 · 28 hours before
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
- 46
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea, Multi-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Rear
- Flight hours
- 1,556 total · 181 in this make and model · 1,338 as pilot in command · 21 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 260° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 15,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 66 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- INT
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N9674P · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.