- Date
- January 23, 1982, 13:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place
- Houston, TX
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N2536KPiper PA-38-112
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 23, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820123001999A
- Case key
- 71086
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
Undershoot
Weather condition - windshearFactor
Distance - misjudgedCause
Altitude - misjudgedCause
Aborted landing - delayedCause
Go-around - initiatedCause
In flight collision with terrain/water
Object - tree(s)Factor
Analysis
The pilot stated he encountered windshear while on short final for landing. The addition of full throttle by the pilot was insufficient to stop the descent before the aircraft impacted a small tree.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2536K
- Reported as
- Piper PA-38-112
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 3879A0675
- Airframe hours
- 1,347
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 112 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 91
- Operator
- Ray'S Flying Service
- Registered owner
- Ray'S Flying Service
- Departed
- T17 · Houston, TX
- Destination
- T17 · Houston, TX
- Airport
- T17 · Weiser, runway 34, 2,000 × 100 ft, gravel
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
- 44
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 1,006 total · 301 in this make and model · 922 as pilot in command · 51 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 10° at 10 knots
- Temperature
- 140 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.