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FTW86LA159

1986-09-01 · LAPORTE, Texas, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Airport T41

N44WR has since been reassigned. It is now registered to a different aircraft (RANS S-10), which was not involved in this event.

Aircraft involved

Factual narrative

DURING A LANDING, THE ACFT ENCOUNTERED TURBULENCE, SO THE PLT INITIATED A GO-AROUND. HOWEVER, THE ACFT WOULD NOT CLIMB, EVEN WITH FULL POWER. THE FLT PATH WAS TOWARD POWER LINES & A ROAD, SO THE PLT ELECTED TO LAND IN A GRASS AREA. DURING THE LANDING, THE ACFT STRUCK A FENCE & NOSED OVER. THE PLT OF N44WR & ANOTHER PLT REPORTED THAT THE WIND VELOCITY & DIRECTION WERE CHANGING RAPIDLY DUE TO THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY NEAR THE ARPT. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1986_FTW86LA159.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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