# Incident 19951015036829I: Piper J3C65, Waynesville, OH, October 15, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 15, 1995, 12:30 local time
- Place: Waynesville, OH
- Airport: Waynesville Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.5319° N, 84.0909° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Waynesville, OH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.5319&lon=-84.0909&mi=10
- Aircraft: N70968, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N70968) (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
- Reported engine: CONT A651
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 90 total, 15 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/19951015036829I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON OCTOBER 15, 1995, AT 1230 EDT, A PIPER J3C-65, N70968, REGISTERED TO STEWARTS AIRCRAFT, WAYNESVILLE, OHIO WAS BLOWN UP ON ITS NOSE WHILE TAXIING DOWNWIND IN GUSTY WIND CONDITIONS AFTER RETURNING FROM A LOCAL PLEASURE FLIGHT. VFR CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE. THE PILOT AND SOLE PERSON ON BOARD WAS NOT INJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT WAYNESVILLE, OHIO (40I) ON 10/15/95 AT 1130 EDT. PILOT MISMANAGED CONTROLS WHILE TAXIING DOWNWIND IN GUSTY WIND CONDITIONS.

## Other reports on N70968 (2)

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

- [Accident 19981010028889A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981010028889A), Oct 10, 1998: Piper J3C65 (N70968), Waynesville, OH, Destroyed. Acft was flying low over a large gathering when it made a turn and seemed to stall. (-23) at 16:50 hrs. On oct. 10, 1998, private pilot jim zappe (cert.…
- [Incident 19961022036709I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19961022036709I), Oct 22, 1996: Piper J3C65 (N70968), Wilmington, OH, Minor damage. Narrative: on October 22, 1996, at 1300 EDT, a Piper J3C-65, N70968, registered to stewarts aircraft, waynesville, Ohio, ground looped and collided with a…

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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