- Date
- June 2, 1984, 19:30 local (Jun 3, 1984, 00:30 UTC)
- Place
- Norfolk, NE
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N42497Piper J3C-65
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840602020499A
- Case key
- 33531
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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
Three witnesses stated the acft entered a steep climb after lift-off and continued climbing to an alt of aprx 250 to 350 ft AGL, stalled and spun to the rwy. The acft impacted the rwy 1100 ft from the apch end in a nose low and left wing low attitude.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N42497
- Reported as
- Piper J3C-65
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 14768
- Engine
- Continental C-65-8F, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Susan C. Askew
- Registered owner
- Susan C. Askew
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 9, 1983 · 17 hours before
- Departed
- Norfolk, NE
- Airport
- OFK · Norfolk Rgnl/Karl Stefan Memor, runway 01, 5,800 × 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
- 49
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Rear
- Flight hours
- 1,172 total · 72 in this make and model · 943 as pilot in command · 87 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 100° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 37 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- OFK
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.