# NTSB CHI86LA195: Piper J-3, N40761, Peoria, IL, August 3, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 3, 1986, 17:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place: Peoria, IL
- Coordinates: 40.630176, -89.689109 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.6302&lon=-89.6891&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 2 serious
- Status: Completed, report February 3, 1988
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 13502
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI86LA195
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/13502/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI86LA195

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of control - in flight, takeoff - initial climb
  - airspeed - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - stall (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled

## 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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER J-3
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 7474
- Airframe hours: 3043
- Engines: 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.

- Pilot; age 45; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19860803036919A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860803036919A), Aug 3, 1986: Piper STCJ3, Peoria, IL, Destroyed. Aircraft stalled on climb out and control was lost. Aircraft collided with the ground. No mechanical problems.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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