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FTW80DRG28

1980-02-23 · EAGLE PASS, Texas, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Current FAA registration · N38090

Make / Model
PIPER J4E
Year of manufacture
1941 · 39 years old at event
Engine
CONT MOTOR A&C65 SERIES (65 hp)
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19570527
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A45EF6

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
PIPER J4 · N38090
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Cruise — descent (EF)
Operator type
D
Airport
EAGLE PASS
Kind of flying
A3

Weather at impact

Sky
CLEAR
Wind
340° / 15 kt
Temp
75° F

Aircraft history

Serial number
0000004-1543
Total time
1,800 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
378
Age
37

Cause factors

  • 64/C/79 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL Cause

Decoded against the NTSB Form 6120.4 cause-factor codebook (ct_Pre1982 table).

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 0572. Source file NTSB_1980_3_0572.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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