19880911037969A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Piper J3C-65 · Orange, VA · September 11, 1988

Date
September 11, 1988 · 11:15 local
Place
Orange, VA
Airport
Orange County Airport
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N98121
NTSB investigation
NTSBBFO88FA082
Reported as
Piper J3C65
Reported engine
Continental C9012F
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
2
Pilot’s flight hours
402 total15 in this make and model13 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.

Bounced on landing, began nose high go around, stalled and impacted ground vertically.

As the FAA filed it

BOUNCED ON LANDING, BEGAN NOSE HIGH GO AROUND, STALLED AND IMPACTED GROUND VERTICALLY.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.