- Date
- September 22, 1990, 15:45 local (20:45 UTC)
- Place
- Fort Worth, TX
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N67631Piper J-3
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 14, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900922041679A
- Case key
- 23183
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Probable cause
The pilot in command's failure to maintain directional control. The crosswind was a factor.
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
Pilot made a wheel landing expecting a right cross wind. Winds were reported to be 60 to 80 degrees right of the runway heading at 10 to 14 knots. As the tail wheel was lowered to the runway, the airplane veered to the right off of the runway and the pilot elected to abort the landing. The airplane became airborne, but before the pilot could establish a climb or maneuvering speed, it flew into a hangar through a 15 foot gap in the doors and impacted the side wall where it remained suspended about 5 feet above the floor. Another airplane parked in the hangar received minor damage. The three individuals working in the hangar were not injured.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N67631
- Reported as
- Piper J-3
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 13939
- Engine
- Lycoming O-65, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Thomas A. Swanton
- Registered owner
- James A. Goad
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- FO4 · Saginaw, TX
- Destination
- T67 · Fort Worth, TX
- Airport
- T67 · Hicks Fld, runway 32, 3,760 × 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
- 41
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Rear
- Flight hours
- 702 total · 90 in this make and model · 684 as pilot in command · 11 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 40° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FTW, 15 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.