# Incident 19980623035319I: Piper J3C65, El Paso, TX, June 23, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 23, 1998, 08:30 local time
- Place: El Paso, TX
- Airport: West Texas Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.7587° N, 106.4869° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of El Paso, TX, within about 9 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.7587&lon=-106.4869&mi=10
- Aircraft: N51524, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N51524) (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 A658F
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,636 total, 61 in this make and model, 242 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980623035319I

## Narrative

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

ON 06/23/98, APPROXIMATELY 0830 MOUNTAIN DAYLIGHT TIME, A PIPER MODEL L-4A (J-3C), N51524, OWNED BY MR. HOWARD L. PENLEY, RECEIVED INCIDENTAL DAMAGE WHEN IT IMPACTED TERRAIN DURING A FORCED LANDING APPROXIMATELY 4 MILES EAST NORTH EAST OF THE WEST TEXAS (TX04) AIRPORT, EL PASO, TX.  THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND, AND SOLE OCCUPANT OF THE AIRCRAFT, HOLDS AN AIRLINE TRANSPORT PILOT CERTIFICAT WITH AIRPLANE, MULTIENGINE LAND AND COMMERCIAL PRIVILEGES FOR AIRPLANE, SINGLE ENGINE, LAND.  THE PILOT WAS UNINJURED WHEN THE AIRCRAFT SUFFERED A PARTIAL POWER LOSS AND HE ELECTED TO MAKE A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED, AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED FOR THE LOCAL AREA PERSONAL FLIGHT, WHICH WAS CONDUCTED UNDER 14 CFR PART 91.

## Other reports on N51524 (1)

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

- [Accident 19760506012639A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760506012639A), May 6, 1976: Piper J3C65 (N51524), New Ellenton, SC, Destroyed

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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