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Date
December 27, 1990 · 13:30 local
Place
Palo Alto, CA
Airport
Palo Alto Airport-Santa Clara Cou
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N707CW
Reported as
Piper J3C65
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
55 total55 in this make and model16 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.
Student pilot lost directional control on rollout. Veered off runway.
As the FAA filed it
STUDENT PILOT LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL ON ROLLOUT. VEERED OFF RUNWAY.