- Date
- July 26, 1987, 17:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place
- Aransas Pass, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N321AKPiper PA-18A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 25, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870726038209A
- Case key
- 22404
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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.
Loss of control - on ground/water
Weather condition - crosswindFactor
Compensation for wind conditions - improperCause
Directional control - not maintainedCause
Ground loop/swerve - inadvertentCause
On ground/water encounter with terrain/water
Terrain condition - ditchFactor
Analysis
The plt rprtd that drg a takeoff roll, the acft encountered a gust of wind from the left which caused it to veer off the right side of the rwy. Subsequently, it contacted a ditch & was damaged.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N321AK
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18 7314
- Airframe hours
- 12,620
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A2B, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Charles D. Schoenfield
- Registered owner
- Charles D. Schoenfield
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · October 15, 1986 · 82 hours before
- Departed
- 03R
- Destination
- SAT · San Antonio, TX
- Airport
- 03R · Arkansas Pass, runway 15, 3,240 × 75 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 52
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 391 total · 55 in this make and model · 276 as pilot in command · 42 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 110° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 75 °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.