- Date
- November 2, 1992, 11:00 local (17:00 UTC)
- Place
- Mcgregor, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N91930Piper J3C-65
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 14, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19921102044559A
- Case key
- 18611
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Probable cause
Inadvertent stall by the pilot in command. Factors were the pilot's selection of the wrong runway, and the 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
The airplane weathervaned into the wind during the landing roll following a downwind landing. The student pilot added power to abort the landing. During the initial climb the airplane was headed toward a powerline and the pilot turned to the right. There was insufficient airspeed to sustain flight during the turn and the right wing impacted the ground. The airplane came to rest in an inverted position. The pilot reported the winds from 240 degrees at 25 knots gusting to 35 knots.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N91930
- Reported as
- Piper J3C-65
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 16345
- Airframe hours
- 6,763
- Engine
- Continental A-65-8, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Robinson, James R.
- Registered owner
- Robinson, James R.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 22, 1992 · 113 hours before
- Departed
- OTXO · Granbury, TX
- Airport
- F60 · Mcgregor Municipal, runway 35, 5,499 × 75 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
- 47
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 43 total · 43 in this make and model · 21 as pilot in command · 22 in the last 90 days · 12 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 25 knots, gusting 20
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 43 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ACT, 10 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.