# Incident 19970419013259I: Piper J3C65, Mccormick, SC, April 19, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 19, 1997, 11:30 local time
- Place: Mccormick, SC
- Airport: Mccormick County Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.9081° N, 82.2669° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MC CORMICK COUNTY (S19), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9081&lon=-82.2669&mi=10
- Aircraft: N70421, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N70421) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,100 total, 21 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970419013259I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: THE PILOT STATED THAT HE WAS RETURNING TO HIS HOME BASE AFTER CONTACTING UNFORCASTED HEADWINDS AND TURBULENCE. BECAUSE OF THE TURBULENCE AND THE FACT HE WAS TIRED HE LANDED WITH A 90 DEGREE CROSS WIND. DURING THE ROLLOUT A GUST OF WIND TURNED THE AIRCRAFT 90 DEGREES TO THE RUNWAY. THE PROP STRUCK A BERM CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE. THE PILOT IS A LOW TIME TAIL WHEEL PILOT AND IS GOING TO SEEK ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTION FROM A FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR EXPERIENCED IN TAIL WHEEL AIRCRAFT.

## Other reports on N70421 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19751113036759A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19751113036759A), Nov 13, 1975: Piper J3C65 (N70421), Melville, LA, Substantial damage. Pax inadvertently hit throttle. Acft floated,lnd in last third of rwy. Avoided ditch. Gusts to 12K

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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