Piper PA-28-140 N3858K

Summary

On 31 October 1982 at about 04:25 local time, a Piper PA-28-140 registered N3858K, operated by Elton Joseph Businelle, was involved in an accident near Woodville, Texas, United States. 3 people were on board and 3 died. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

31 October 1982 at 04:25

Classification

Accident

Location

Woodville, Texas, United States

Nearest airport

Woodville (09R)

Coordinates

30.7692, -94.4198

Aircraft

Piper PA-28-140

Registration

N3858K

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Elton Joseph Businelle

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Woodville → Woodville

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

IMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

FTW83FRA01

3 people died.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

AT ABOUT 2310 CDT, THE OWNER/PILOT AND TWO OTHER PERSONS TOOK OFF FROM THE TYLER COUNTY AIRPORT AT WOODVILLE, TX. ABOUT 15 MINUTES LATER, THE PLANE CRASHED AT THE INTERSECTION OF THE RUNWAY (16/34) AND A PERPENDICULAR TAXIWAY. IMPACT AND PROPELLER STRIKE MARKS WERE FOUND ON THE RUNWAY. THE IMPACT OCCURRED ON A HEADING OF 280 DEG AND CONTINUED TO THE RIGHT OF THE TAXIWAY. AFTER IMPACTING, THE PLANE TRAVELED ABOUT 230 FT ONTO A RAMP AND STRUCK TWO PARKED AIRCRAFT, CESSNA 182, N7256E AND PIPER PA-28, N1471T. AN INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT AND A TEARDOWN OF THE ENGINE REVEALED NO PREIMPACT MALFUNCTION. ABOUT 40 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST AT LUFKIN, TX, THE WEATHER WAS PARTIALLY OBSCURED, 400 FT THIN BROKEN, VISIBILITY 1 MI WITH FOG, WIND 150 AT 6 KTS. THE OWNER HELD A STUDENT PILOT CERTIFICATE DATED 6/27/80 (EXPIRED) WITH LIMITATIONS, NOT VALID FOR NIGHT OR BY COLOR CONTROL SIGNAL.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.