- Date
- July 5, 1990, 10:00 local (17:00 UTC)
- Place
- Concrete, WA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N19236Piper J-2
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 20, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900705029239A
- Case key
- 41231
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Probable cause
The pilot's improper planning/decisions and failure to maintain clearance from the trees.
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.
In flight collision with object
Planning/decision - improperCause
Object - tree(s)Factor
Clearance - not maintainedCause
Analysis
The airplane, a forty-horsepower Piper J-2, descended into trees near the airport shortly after takeoff.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N19236
- Reported as
- Piper J-2
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1636
- Engine
- Continental A-40, 40 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Ted R. Hendrickson
- Departed
- WA12
- Airport
- WA13 · Concrete Muni, runway 7, 2,580 × 60 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
- 61
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 1,500 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.