Piper J3C-65 N3228N
8 April 2008 · Bisbee, Arizona, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 8 April 2008 at about 13:30 local time, a Piper J3C-65 registered N3228N, operated by Donovan O Laeding, was involved in an accident near Bisbee, Arizona, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.
The record
- Date
- at 13:30
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Bisbee, Arizona, United States
- Nearest airport
- Bisbee Municipal Airport (P04)
- Coordinates
- 31.3753, -109.8842
- Aircraft
- Piper J3C-65
- Registration
- N3228N
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Donovan O Laeding
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Bisbee → Bisbee
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- SEA08CA109
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Probable cause
The pilot's failure to obtain/maintain sufficient airspeed after takeoff, which resulted in a stall/mush condition.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
The pilot performed 5 or 6 touch-and-go landings. He said that on the last one about 50 feet above ground level after takeoff, "...the airplane began to sink and we landed off field straight ahead hitting some brush." The airplane's right wing tip was substantially damaged as a result of impacting a tree during the landing roll. The pilot reported that calm winds prevailed at the time of the accident.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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