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Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Piper J3L-65 · Erie, PA · May 19, 1996

Date: May 19, 1996 · 13:45 local
Place: Erie, PA
Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Substantial damage
Aircraft: N35075
Reported as: Piper J3L65
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 564 total18 in this make and model5 in the last 90 days

N35075Registered now · Piper J3L-65S/N 6085 · Built 1940 Airframe modelPiper J3L-65 Engine modelLycoming 0-145B 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: according to a statement given by the pilot, just after touchdown with all three wheels on the ground, a wind gust from the left lifted the left wing. Pilot attempted a go-around and applied full power. The airplane went off the right side of the runway. It continued to roll down the hill until it hit a rather large ditch which collapsed the main gear stopping the plane. Submission of this report closes this incident.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: ACCORDING TO A STATEMENT GIVEN BY THE PILOT, JUST AFTER TOUCHDOWN WITH ALL THREE WHEELS ON THE GROUND, A WIND GUST FROM THE LEFT LIFTED THE LEFT WING. PILOT ATTEMPTED A GO-AROUND AND APPLIED FULL POWER. THE AIRPLANE WENT OFF THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. IT CONTINUED TO ROLL DOWN THE HILL UNTIL IT HIT A RATHER LARGE DITCH WHICH COLLAPSED THE MAIN GEAR STOPPING THE PLANE. SUBMISSION OF THIS REPORT CLOSES THIS INCIDENT.