- Date
- February 11, 1982, 15:45 local (21:45 UTC)
- Place
- Brenham, TX
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N6894LPiper PA-60-602P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 11, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820211003179A
- Case key
- 69196
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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.
Analysis
Aircraft during entire roll and initial climb after takeoff had an unusually nose high attitude. Aircraft climbed to about 200 feet AGL then appeared to stall and fall off on left wing. Investigation did not reveal any reason for the unusual attitude.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6894L
- Reported as
- Piper PA-60-602P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 62P-09068165
- Airframe hours
- 110
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-AA1A5, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- W. A. Williamson, Jr.
- Registered owner
- W. A. Williamson, Jr.
- Departed
- Brenham, TX
- Destination
- Addison, TX
- Airport
- Brenham Municipal, runway 16, 4,000 × 50 ft, asphalt
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
- 56
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 4,000 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Variable at 0 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 0 ft unknown
- Temperature
- 144 °F, dew point 32 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.