# Incident 19961022036709I: Piper J3C65, Wilmington, OH, October 22, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 22, 1996, 13:00 local time
- Place: Wilmington, OH
- Airport: Lumberton Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.5531° N, 83.8549° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LUMBERTON (OH77), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.5531&lon=-83.8549&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 A658
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 70 total, 28 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19961022036709I

## Narrative

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

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 FENCE WHILE LANDING AT LUMBERTON AIRPORT, (OH77) LUMBERTON, OHIO, WHILE ON A LOCAL PLEASURE FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME. NO VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE. THE PRIVATE PILOT AND PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT WAYNESVILLE, OHIO, (40I) ON OCTOBER 22, 1996, AT 1230 EDT. RUDDER CABLE TO RUDDER ATTACHMENT CLEVIS BOLT FAILED, DISCONNECTING RUDDER CABLE FROM RUDDER ON LEFT SIDE.

## 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 19951015036829I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19951015036829I), Oct 15, 1995: Piper J3C65 (N70968), Waynesville, OH, Minor damage. 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…

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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