# Accident 19960114002489A: Piper J3C65, Mount Horeb, WI, January 14, 1996

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 14, 1996, 12:25 local time
- Place: Mount Horeb, WI
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.0005° N, 89.7295° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.0005&lon=-89.7295&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1412N, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1412N) (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 A65*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 855 total, 427 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI96LA078](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI96LA078) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960114002489A

## Narrative

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

(.4)THE PILOT LANDED AT A CLOSED AIRSTRIP AFTER MAKING ARRANGEMENTS TO MEET HIS WIFE THERE. THE AIRSTRIP WAS MARKED AS CLOSED; HOWEVER, IT WAS COVERED WITH SNOW IN THE LANDING AREA. THE PILOT SAID THAT BEFORE LANDING, HE SAW A PEDESTRIAN ALONG THE SIDE OF THE STRIP, WHO WAVED; HE THOUGHT THE PEDESTRIAN WAS HIS WIFE. AFTER LANDING, THE AIRPLANE SLOWED QUICKLY ON THE SNOW COVERED RUNWAY. THE PILOT SAID HE APPLIED SOME POWER TO CONTINUE TAXIING IN THE SNOW, BUT THE AIRPLANE WAS MOVING SLOWLY. AS THE PILOT WAS TAXIING THE TAILWHEEL EQUIPPED AIRPLANE WITHOUT S-TURNING, HE WAS LOOKING OUT THE DOOR ON THE RIGHT SIDE. HE SAID HE CAUGHT A GLIMPSE OF SOMETHING TO HIS LEFT, AND AT ABOUT THAT MOMENT, THE LEFT STRUT OF THE AIRPLANE HIT THE PEDESTRIAN, WHO WAS A WOMAN THAT WAS WALKING HER DOG ON THE AIRSTRIP. THE PEDESTRIAN WAS STRUCK IN THE BACK OF THE HEAD AND WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED. THE PILOT DID NOT OBTAIN A WEATHER BRIEFING BEFORE THE FLIGHT NOR DID HE HAVE A CURRENT SECTIONAL CHART. (-23) AFTER LANDING AT A CLOSED AIRPORT, THE PILOT, WHILE TAXIING TO PARKING STRUCK A WOMAN FROM BEHING WHO WAS WALKING HER DOG ON THE TAXIWAY. THE PI                                                             LOT STATED THAT HE HAD THE RIGHT DOOR OPEN AND WAS LOOKING FORWARD THEN HE SAW SOMEONE WITH HIS PERIPHERAL VISION. HE IMMEDIATELY CLOSED THE THROTTLE, BUT THE WOMAN HAD ALREADY BEEN HIT BY THE LIFT STRUT ON THE LEFT HAND WING.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CHI96LA078](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI96LA078), Jan 14, 1996: Piper J3C-65 (N1412N), Mount Horeb, WI, no damage. Probable cause: failure of the pilot to see-and-avoid the pedestrian. Factors relating to the accident were: the pilot's inadequate preflight preparation, his landing on a closed airstrip, and the snow covered…

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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