Piper PA-18 N338T
30 March 1980 · Possum Kingdom, Texas, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 30 March 1980 at about 14:30 local time, a Piper PA-18 registered N338T, operated by Civil Air Ptrl, was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Possum Kingdom, Texas, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 14:30
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Possum Kingdom, Texas, United States
- Nearest airport
- Sportsmans World
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Piper PA-18
- Registration
- N338T
- Category
- Fixed-Wing
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Civil Air Ptrl
- Operating rule
- Civil Air Patrol
- Purpose of flight
- Practice
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Route
- S → Local
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Daylight
- NTSB number
- 3-0556
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Probable cause
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
WIND GUSTING TO 25KTS.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 Feb 1980 | Grum-Amer AA-5 | Miami, Florida, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 20 Mar 1980 | Piper PA-30 | Charlotte, North Carolina, United States | Caro-Wings FLI | Fatal | 1 |
| 27 May 1980 | Cessna 150 | Clinton, Maryland, United States | Andrews Aero C | No injuries | - |
| 19 May 1980 | Cessna 150 | Everett, Pennsylvania, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 18 May 1980 | Grumman AA-1 | Sylvania, Ohio, United States | - | Fatal | 2 |
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