- Date
- October 23, 1988, 14:11 local (19:11 UTC)
- Place
- Harrisonville, MO
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N42676Piper J3C-65
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 28, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19881023048469A
- Case key
- 34665
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt elected to fly in winds that were gusting from the northwest. He stated that while taking off to the north, he was maintaining a normal rate of climb & airspeed, but at aprx 100 ft AGL, the acft enctrd a sudden severe downdraft & was slammed to the ground. It impacted in a ravine aprx 1/4 mi from the takeoff point. No preimpact part failure or malfunction of the acft was found. The plt had neither a current medical certificate nor the required biennial flt review. Also, the acft did not meet the requirements for an annual inspn.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N42676
- Reported as
- Piper J3C-65
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 14969
- Engine
- Continental C-65-8, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Sevy, Kenneth
- Registered owner
- Scheib, Roy
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Airport
- Private, runway 36, 2,400 × 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
- 63
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 5,000 total · 1,000 in this make and model · 5,000 as pilot in command · 15 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 310° at 15 knots, gusting 23
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 59 °F, dew point 25 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GVW, 30 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.