# Incident 19970412011529I: Piper J3C65, Philadelphia, PA, April 12, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 12, 1997, 11:05 local time
- Place: Philadelphia, PA
- Airport: Philadelphia International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.8721° N, 75.2407° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PHILADELPHIA INTL (PHL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.8721&lon=-75.2407&mi=10
- Aircraft: N88851 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER J3C65
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 21,000 total, 900 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970412011529I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: DAMAGE: RUDDER (TOP). 			 VERTICAL STABILIZER (WRINKLED). 			 PROPELLER (WOOD) BROKEN (1 SIDE ONLY). 			 LEFT FRONT WING STRUT BENT. 			 TOP OF WING MINOR FABRIC DAMAGE. P.I.C.		 A/C DOING STEP TAXI PROCEDURES. RAN INTO 			 SANDBAR. FLIPPED A/C ON RIGHT FRONT SIDE 				(END OVER END). ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ THIS FSDO CONSIDERS THIS MATTER CLOSED.

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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