# Accident 19970202001499A: Piper J3C65, Cincinnati, OH, February 2, 1997

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 2, 1997, 14:00 local time
- Place: Cincinnati, OH
- Airport: Cincinnati Municipal Airport Lunke
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.1030° N, 84.4176° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.1030&lon=-84.4176&mi=10
- Aircraft: N30598, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N30598) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,500 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC97LA052](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC97LA052) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970202001499A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT GROUND LOOPED ON LANDING. (.4)THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR AND CERTIFICATED PRIVATE PILOT STUDENT WERE PRACTICING TOUCH-AND-GO LANDINGS AS PART OF A RENTAL CHECK OUT FOR THE PRIVATE FLYING CLUB.  THE STUDENT STATED THAT 'ON FIRST TOUCH AND GO, LOST CONTROL, PLANE WENT SHARPLY TO THE RIGHT WHEN TAILWHEEL TOUCHED DOWN.  THEN APPLIED LEFT RUDDER [AND THE AIRPLANE] WENT SHARPLY LEFT HITTING RUNWAY LIGHT AND RUNWAY MARKER.  [THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR] REGAINED CONTROL, AND I TAXIED BACK TO HANGAR.'                                                                (-23) ON 2/2/97 PIPER PA-J3C-65, N30598 WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED DURING A LANDING ATTEMPT AT THE LUNKEN AIRPORT IN CINCINNATI, OHIO.  DURING THE LANDING ROLL, PILOT IN COMMAND ALLOWED THE AIRCRAFT TO GROUND LOOP AND COLLIDE WITH AIRPORT MARKINGS AND RUNWAY LIGHTS ON RUNWAY 21R.  THERE WERE TWO OCCUPANTS, A CFI AND A RATED PILOT.  THERE WERE NO INJURIES, VMC PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.  THE FLIGHT WAS CONDUCTED UNDER 14 CFR PART 91.

## 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 NYC97LA052](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC97LA052), Feb 2, 1997: Piper J3C-65 (N30598), Cincinnati, OH, substantial damage. Probable cause: The flight instructor's inadequate supervision and delayed remedial reaction which resulted in the loss of directional control by the student pilot during the landing roll out.

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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