- Date
- August 3, 1986, 17:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place
- Peoria, IL
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N40761Piper J-3
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 3, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860803036919A
- Case key
- 13502
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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
StallCause
In flight collision with terrain/water
Analysis
The plt reported that the acft stalled on takeoff, control was lost and the acft descended to impact with the terrain.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N40761
- Reported as
- Piper J-3
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 7474
- Airframe hours
- 3,043
- Engine
- Continental C-90, 90 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Larry And Robert Byerly
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- PIA · Peoria, IL
- Airport
- 3MY · Mt. Hawley, runway 35, 2,812 × 60 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 45
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Rear
- Flight hours
- 11,160 total · 110 in this make and model · 100 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 280° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PIA, 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.