- Date
- January 11, 1979
- Place
- Shallowater, TX · SHALLOWATER, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N20833Piper J-3
- Status
- Completed · report May 30, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790111007569A
- Case key
- 136966
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0737 79/1/11 SHALLOWATER,TX PIPER J-3 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 27, 650 TIME - 1400 N20833 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 35 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SHALLOWATER DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SHALLOWATER,TX HERFORD,TX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED
Aircraft
- Registration
- N20833
- Reported as
- Piper J-3
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Shallowater
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.