# Incident 19890923035949I: Piper J3C65, Killeen, TX, September 23, 1989

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 23, 1989, 09:30 local time
- Place: Killeen, TX
- Airport: Killeen Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.1171° N, 97.7278° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Killeen, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.1171&lon=-97.7278&mi=10
- Aircraft: N26923, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N26923) (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: 2,701 total, 315 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890923035949I

## Narrative

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

GUST OF WIND FLIPPED AIRCRAFT ONTO ITS BACK WHILE TAXIING. PILOT STATED GUSTS HIGHER THAN BRIEFED.

## Other reports on N26923 (1)

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

- [Accident 19960316004309A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960316004309A), Mar 16, 1996: Piper J3C65 (N26923), Substantial damage. Clipped power line and crashed in a field.

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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