- Date
- November 8, 1981
- Place
- Conroe, TX · CONROE, TX
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N38078Piper J3C-65
- Status
- Completed · report February 7, 1982
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19811108072149A
- Case key
- 122969
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3131 81/11/8 NR.CONROE,TX PIPER J3C-65 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 50, TIME - 1330 N38078 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP UNK/NR TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 UNK/NR IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BONANZA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CONROE,TX HOUSTON,TX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEAT BELT NOT FASTENED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INTERFERENCE WITH FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - OTHER TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE BROKEN 2500 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE TAIL WIND 158-202 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 75 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- TKOF DNWND AWAY FM WX.SEAT BELT CNCTD IN FNT OF CTL STICK RSTRG MVMNT,NOT ARND PLT.PLT THROWN OUT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N38078
- Reported as
- Piper J3C-65
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Bonanza
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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.