# Accident 19981011028879A: Piper J3C65, New Holstein, WI, October 11, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 11, 1998, 11:30 local time
- Place: New Holstein, WI
- Airport: New Holstein Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Practice Training Manuevers
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.9391° N, 88.0904° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.9391&lon=-88.0904&mi=10
- Aircraft: N70880, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N70880) (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
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 550 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI99LA005](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI99LA005) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981011028879A

## Narrative

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

(.19) ON OCTOBER 11, 1998, AT 1130 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, A PIPER J3C-65, N70880, OWNED AND OPERATED BY A PRIVATE PILOT, SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE DURING A LOW LEVEL MANEUVER FOLLOWING TAKEOFF FROM RUNWAY 14 (3,599' X 75' DRY ASPHALT), AT NEW HOLSTEIN MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, NEAR NEW HOLSTEIN, WISCONSIN. THE PILOT AND A PILOT PASSENGER SUFFERED SERIOUS INJURIES. THE PERSONAL 14 CFR PART 91 FLIGHT WAS OPERATING IN VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS. NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS ON FILE. THE LOCAL FLIGHT WAS ORIGINATING AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. (-23) THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED RWY 14 AND IMMEDIATELY AFTER BECOMING AIRBORNE ENTERED A STEEP CLIMBING LEFT TURN TO AN ALTITUDE OF APPROXIMATELY 75 FEET AGL. THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE GROUND APPROXIMATELY 500 FEET TO THE LEFT OF THE RWY 14 CENTERLINE, APPROXIMATELY 700 FEET FROM THE APPROACH END OF RWY 14. THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK THE GROUND LEFT WING FIRST, FOLLOWED BY THE FUSELAGE. GROUND SCARRING INDICATES THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS IN AN APPROXIMATE 90 DEGREE LEFT BANK WITH A HIGH VERTICAL RATE OF DESCENT AT THE TIME OF IMPACT. SCARRING AND DEBRIS TRAIL INDICATE THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS ON AN APPROXIMATE                                                              330 MAGNETIC HEADING UPON IMPACT. THE AIRCRAFT SLID APPROXIMATELY 115 FEET AFTER THE FIRST POINT OF GROUND CONTACT.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CHI99LA005](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI99LA005), Oct 11, 1998: Piper J3C-65 (N70880), New Holstein, WI, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot-in-command's intentional low altitude maneuver and his ostentatious display. A factor was his allowing the airplane to enter an inadvertent stall.

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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