- Date
- April 30, 1988, 17:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place
- Conroe, TX
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N3946LCessna L-19E
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 26, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880430040679A
- Case key
- 22480
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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
The airplane was observed by witnesses making a chandelle-like maneuver from takeoff. At the top, the nose and right wing dropped for approximately 180 degrees of turn. The wings were almost level when the airplane hit the runway. The airplane burned after impact.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3946L
- Reported as
- Cessna L-19E
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 34731
- Airframe hours
- 3,218
- Engine
- Continental O-470-11, 213 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Ray Butters
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 28, 1988 · 5 hours before
- Airport
- CXO · Montgomery County, runway 1, 4,600 × 100 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
- 29
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 3,209 total · 3,116 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 20° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 59 °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.