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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper J3C-65 · Williamsport, PA · August 9, 1988

Date
August 9, 1988 · 17:56 local
Place
Williamsport, PA
Airport
Williamsport-Lycoming County
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N3617N
Reported as
Piper J3C65
Reported engine
Continental A658
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
4,500 total60 in this make and model35 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.

On rollout,aircraft settled to the right dragging wing to a stop. Found broken gear shock strut tubing.

As the FAA filed it

ON ROLLOUT,AIRCRAFT SETTLED TO THE RIGHT DRAGGING WING TO A STOP. FOUND BROKEN GEAR SHOCK STRUT TUBING.