- Date
- October 17, 1981
- Place
- San Benito, TX · SAN BENITO, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N9080YPiper PA-38
- Status
- Completed · report November 20, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19811017068259A
- Case key
- 123416
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2634 81/10/17 SAN BENITO,TX PIPER PA-38 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 27, 42 TOTAL TIME - 1600 N9080Y PX- 0 0 0 TRAINING HOURS, 34 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SAN BENITO MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HARLINGEN,TX SAN BENITO,TX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISUSED OR FAILED TO USE FLAPS PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - TOUCH AND GO LANDING SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 85 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 160 12 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- DRG LNDG APCH,WND BLEW ACFT TO LEFT OF RWY.UN TO ACLT/CLB DRG GO-ARND.WING FLAPS FND FULL DWN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9080Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-38
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- San Benito Muni
N9080YRegistered now · Piper PA-38-112Airframe modelPiper PA-38-112Engine modelLycoming 0-235 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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