# Incident 19830607030729I: Piper J3C*, Anchorage, AK, June 7, 1983

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 7, 1983, 10:00 local time
- Place: Anchorage, AK
- Airport: Merrill
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.2135° N, 149.8447° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MERRILL FLD (MRI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.2135&lon=-149.8447&mi=10
- Aircraft: N38308, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N38308-2021-12-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper J3C-65 (registry code 7100510, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-j3c-65) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C90 series (registry code 17009, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c90-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER J3C*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 99 total, 6 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830607030729I

## Narrative

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

LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED ON A TOUCH AND GO LANDING. HAD DIFFICULTY MAINTAINING DIRECTIONAL CONTROL.

## Other reports on N38308 (1)

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

- [Incident 19911104049839I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19911104049839I), Nov 4, 1991: Piper J3C65 (N38308), Alexander Creek, AK, Minor damage. Aircraft nosed over on a snow covered runway during rollout. Pilot relied on snow gauge at edge of runway.

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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