- Date
- June 5, 1992, 13:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place
- Lake Dallas, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N70494Piper J3-C-65
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 30, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920605018559A
- Case key
- 18510
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain adequate climb speed which resulted in a stall & subsequent loss of aircraft control. Factors were the crosswind and gusting wind conditions.
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
During the initial climb an inadvertent stall occurred at approximately 75 feet AGL. The airplane descended uncontrolled and impacted the terrain. The pilot reported the winds were gusting off the lake. The takeoff was performed with a crosswind condition.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N70494
- Reported as
- Piper J3-C-65
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17502
- Airframe hours
- 2,598
- Engine
- Continental A-65-8, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Geisinger, Robert B., doing business as Rainbow Flyers, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Geisinger, Robert B.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · May 7, 1992 · 30 hours before
- Airport
- 30F · Lakeview, runway 17, 2,800 × 75 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
- 24
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Rear
- Flight hours
- 101 total · 5 in this make and model · 65 as pilot in command · 30 in the last 90 days · 14 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 110° at 10 knots, gusting 15
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 68 °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.