- Date
- December 6, 1986, 10:25 local (15:25 UTC)
- Place
- East Moriches, NY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N26057Piper J-3
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 30569
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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.
On ground/water encounter with weather
Weather condition - crosswind
Loss of control - on ground/water
Directional control - not maintainedCause
On ground/water collision with object
Object - tree(s)
Analysis
During the takeoff roll on an instructional solo flight, the flight encountered a crosswind which pushed the Piper off the runway to the left colliding with trees and bush.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N26057
- Reported as
- Piper J-3
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 3999
- Airframe hours
- 3,058
- Engine
- Continental A65-C, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Louis J. Lufker
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 2, 1986
- Airport
- East Moriches
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
- 33
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Rear
- Flight hours
- 5 as pilot in command · 1 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 330° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Temperature
- 39 °F, dew point -0 °F