19960118002359I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper J3C-65 · Lumberton, NJ · January 18, 1996

Date: January 18, 1996 · 16:40 local
Place: Lumberton, NJ
Airport: Flying W Airport
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N88488
Reported as: Piper J3C65
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 9,500 total2,500 in this make and model40 in the last 90 days

N88488Registered now · Piper J3C-65S/N 16112 · Built 1946 Airframe modelPiper J3C-65 Engine modelContinental A&C65 seriesReciprocating

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.

Narrative: aircraft was making practice landing at Flying W Airport (N14) with both an instructor pilot and student on board. On landing roll out, the aircraft drifted about 10 feet to the left of centerline. The instructor took command of the aircraft and applied go around power while maintaining directional control. The left main wheel entered about 8 inches of wet plowed snow, yawing the aircraft to the left. The left main wheel then entered a large pile of wet plowed snow about 20 inches deep. The pile of snow stopped aircraft abruptly, tipping the aircraft on its nose, yawing to the left. No injuries. An average of 30 feet width of the 60 foot wide runway had been plowed. privacy data omitted

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: AIRCRAFT WAS MAKING PRACTICE LANDING AT FLYING W AIRPORT (N14) WITH BOTH AN INSTRUCTOR PILOT AND STUDENT ON BOARD. ON LANDING ROLL OUT, THE AIRCRAFT DRIFTED ABOUT 10 FEET TO THE LEFT OF CENTERLINE. THE INSTRUCTOR TOOK COMMAND OF THE AIRCRAFT AND APPLIED GO AROUND POWER WHILE MAINTAINING DIRECTIONAL CONTROL. THE LEFT MAIN WHEEL ENTERED ABOUT 8 INCHES OF WET PLOWED SNOW, YAWING THE AIRCRAFT TO THE LEFT. THE LEFT MAIN WHEEL THEN ENTERED A LARGE PILE OF WET PLOWED SNOW ABOUT 20 INCHES DEEP. THE PILE OF SNOW STOPPED AIRCRAFT ABRUPTLY, TIPPING THE AIRCRAFT ON ITS NOSE, YAWING TO THE LEFT. NO INJURIES. AN AVERAGE OF 30 FEET WIDTH OF THE 60 FOOT WIDE RUNWAY HAD BEEN PLOWED. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^