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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper J3C65 · Soldotna, AK · March 30, 1997

Date
March 30, 1997 · 14:15 local
Place
Soldotna, AK
Airport
Soldotna
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N920NB
NTSB investigation
NTSBANC97LA070
Reported as
Piper J3C65
Reported engine
Continental A658
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
240 total

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.

Landing in gusty wind. Landed hard. Bounced. Folded right main gear. Wing hit runway. Damaged spar.

As the FAA filed it

LANDING IN GUSTY WIND. LANDED HARD. BOUNCED. FOLDED RIGHT MAIN GEAR. WING HIT RUNWAY. DAMAGED SPAR.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.