# Incident 19830515023979I: Piper J3C65, Stockton, CA, May 15, 1983

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 15, 1983, 08:15 local time
- Place: Stockton, CA
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.9577° N, 121.2908° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Stockton, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.9577&lon=-121.2908&mi=10
- Aircraft: N21677, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N21677) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper J3C-65 (registry code 7100510, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-j3c-65) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental A&C65 series (registry code 17003, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-a-c65-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER J3C65
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 850 total, 30 in this make and model, 90 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830515023979I

## Narrative

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

PILOT SAID A WIND GUST CAUSED SWERVE OFF RUNWAY INTO SOFT MUD. AIRPLANE NOSED OVER ENDING UP ON ITS BACK.LIGHT WIND

## Other reports on N21677 (2)

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

- [Accident 19900310003699A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900310003699A), Mar 10, 1990: Piper J3C65 (N21677), Palo Alto, CA, Substantial damage. Tried to land in gusty crosswind. Wind gust raised a wing, tried to correct and ground looped.
- [Accident 19860622026429A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860622026429A), Jun 22, 1986: Piper J3C65 (N21677), Columbia, CA, Substantial damage. Veered off the runway into soft ground and nosed over during takeoff. Blamed new carpeting jammed brake pedal.

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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