- Date
- October 3, 1982, 07:30 local (11:30 UTC)
- Place
- Bernville, PA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N3849MPiper PA-12
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 3, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19821003050869A
- Case key
- 69933
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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
The pilot reported that the plane crashed after the right wing tip hit the top of a tree during landing. He reported that he had flown only 2 hrs in the last 90 days. He noted that this was only a 13 minute flight. He thought that he would have been more proficient during the landing if he had flown longer.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3849M
- Reported as
- Piper PA-12
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- N12-2572
- Airframe hours
- 898
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-C, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Elmer K. Pyle
- Registered owner
- Elmer K. Pyle
- Departed
- PA41 · Bernville, PA
- Destination
- PA41 · Bernville, PA
- Airport
- PA41 · Bernville, runway 30, 1,500 × 100 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
- 74
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 612 total · 612 in this make and model · 445 as pilot in command · 2 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 310° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N3849M · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.