# Incident 19781219023379I: Piper J3, Okaton, SD, December 19, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 19, 1978, 09:00 local time
- Place: Okaton, SD
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.8521° N, 100.8814° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Okaton, SD, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.8521&lon=-100.8814&mi=10
- Aircraft: N92251, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N92251) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper J3C-65 (registry code 7100510, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-j3c-65) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER J3
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,425 total, 670 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781219023379I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

PILOT LANDED LONG IN A SHORT, ROUGH, PLOWED & SNOW-COVERED STUBBLE FIELD. FLIPPED OVER ON HIS BACK.

## Other reports on N92251 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20050915022339I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050915022339I), Sep 15, 2005: Piper J3C65 (N92251), Brookings, SD, Minor damage. (-23) On Thursday, September 15, 2005, at about 1730 CDT, the pilot began taxi for a pleasure flight. Since he was operating the controls from the back seat,…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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