- Date
- June 9, 1984, 17:20 local (22:20 UTC)
- Place
- San Antonio, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N23413Piper J3C-65
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840609023259A
- Case key
- 21365
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
Acft struck a marked transmission line on final apch. Plt could not maintain full control of acft on landing. Acft touched down rt wing low and a go-around was initiated. Upon application of pwr, acft went into trees off rt side of airstrip. Both plts stated neither saw the wires which were hit.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N23413
- Reported as
- Piper J3C-65
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 3150
- Airframe hours
- 2,139
- Engine
- Continental A-65, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Alamo Liaison Group
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 8, 1984 · 5 hours before
- Airport
- Cannon Airport, runway 15, 2,900 × ft, grass/turf
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
- 45
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 1,260 total · 1 in this make and model · 25 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 130° at 14 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 90 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N23413 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.