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Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Piper J3C-65 · Abbeville, MS · September 24, 1978

Date
September 24, 1978 · 17:00 local
Place
Abbeville, MS
Phase of flight
Climb
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N24910
Reported as
Piper J3C65
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
279 total6 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pilot allowed aircrafts wing to come into contact with ground. Flying at low altitude after takeoff.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT ALLOWED AIRCRAFTS WING TO COME INTO CONTACT WITH GROUND. FLYING AT LOW ALTITUDE AFTER TAKEOFF.