# Accident 19980626015109A: Piper J3C65, Redding, CA, June 26, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 26, 1998, 13:50 local time
- Place: Redding, CA
- Airport: Redding Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.5090° N, 122.2934° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at REDDING RGNL (RDD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.5090&lon=-122.2934&mi=10
- Aircraft: N30576, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N30576) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper J3C-65 (registry code 7100510, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-j3c-65) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C85 series (registry code 17008, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c85-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER J3C65
- Reported engine: CONT C9016F
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,500 total, 600 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980626015109A

## Narrative

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

TURNING OFF RUNWAY IN GUSTY WIND. J3 FLIPPED OVER.(.4) ON JUNE 25, 1998, AT 1350 HOURS PACIFIC DAYLIGHT TIME, A PIPER J3C-65, N30576, NOSED OVER WHILE TAXING AT THE BENTON AIRPORT IN REDDING, CALIFORNIA. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. THE COMMERCIAL PILOT SUFFERED MINOR INJURIES, AND THE PASSENGER RECEIVED NO INJURIES. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED FOR THE LOCAL PERSONAL FLIGHT AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT HE COMPLETED A LANDING ON RUNWAY 33 AND WAS BEGINNING A LEFT TURN TO TAXI BACK TO THE HANGAR. THE AIRCRAFT WAS STILL ON THE RUNWAY CENTERLINE AND WAS MOVING ABOUT 10 MILES PER HOUR. THE PILOT STATED THAT THE TAIL BECAME LIGHT "DUE TO EXCESSIVE BRAKING" AND THE AIRCRAFT NOSED OVER AND CAME TO REST INVERTED. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT THERE ARE TWO WINDSOCKS ON THE FIELD, AND BOTH WERE SHOWING NO WIND AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. THE PILOT FURTHER REPORTED THAT HE HAD NOT EXPERIENCED ANY MECHANICAL MALFUNCTION WITH THE AIRCRAFT PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT. (-23) WHILE TURNING OFF RUNWAY (FOLLOWING LANDING ROLLOUT) POSSIBLE WIND GUST CAUSED AIRCRAFT TAIL TO LIFT AND FLIP AIRCRAFT ON BACK. SPOKE WITH PILOT                                      OVER THE PHONE, COUNSELLED VIA TELEPHONE. PILOT HAS PLENTY OF TAILDRAGGER EXPERIENCE.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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