19790422011709A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper J3C-65 · Las Cruces, NM · April 22, 1979

Date
April 22, 1979 · 16:00 local
Place
Las Cruces, NM
Airport
La Cruces
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N1565N
Reported as
Piper J3C65
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
385 total72 in this make and model4 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.

Lost control of airplane during landing roll. Struck parked gliders.

As the FAA filed it

LOST CONTROL OF AIRPLANE DURING LANDING ROLL. STRUCK PARKED GLIDERS.