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Incident

FAA incident report · Piper J3C-65 · Jaffrey, NH · August 15, 1982

Date: August 15, 1982 · 14:30 local
Place: Jaffrey, NH
Airport: Silver Ranch Airp
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft: N7401H
Reported as: Piper J3C65
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 147 total30 in this make and model30 in the last 90 days

N7401HRegistered now · Piper J3C-65S/N 20664 · Built 1946 Airframe modelPiper J3C-65 Engine modelContinental A&C65 seriesReciprocating

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 ground loop after landing. Pilot stated gust of wind caught him off guard. Wind was calm.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT GROUND LOOP AFTER LANDING. PILOT STATED GUST OF WIND CAUGHT HIM OFF GUARD. WIND WAS CALM.