- Date
- October 30, 1982, 23:25 local (Oct 31, 1982, 04:25 UTC)
- Place
- Woodville, TX
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Unknown
- Aircraft
- N3858KPiper PA-28-140
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report October 30, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19821030057419A
- Case key
- 73094
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
At about 2310 CDT, the owner/pilot and two other persons took off from the tyler county airport at Woodville, TX. About 15 minutes later, the plane crashed at the intersection of the runway (16/34) and a perpendicular taxiway. Impact and propeller strike marks were found on the runway. The impact occurred on a heading of 280 deg and continued to the right of the taxiway. After impacting, the plane traveled about 230 ft onto a ramp and struck two parked aircraft, Cessna 182, N7256E and Piper PA-28, N1471T. An inspection of the aircraft and a teardown of the engine revealed no preimpact malfunction. About 40 miles north northwest at lufkin, TX, the weather was partially obscured, 400 ft thin broken, visibility 1 mi with fog, wind 150 at 6 KTS. The owner held a student pilot certificate dated 6/27/80 (expired) with limitations, not valid for night or by color control signal.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3858K
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-140
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-23751
- Airframe hours
- 4,507
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2A, 140 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Elton Joseph Businelle
- Registered owner
- Elton Joseph Businelle
- Departed
- 09R · Woodville, TX
- Destination
- 09R · Woodville, TX
- Airport
- 09R · Woodville, runway 16, 4,000 × 60 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
- 38
- Medical
- Unknown
- Flight hours
- 68 total · 15 in this make and model · 35 as pilot in command · 9 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.