# Incident 19991230037369I: Piper J3C65, Panama City, FL, December 30, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 30, 1999, 13:30 local time
- Place: Panama City, FL
- Airport: Panama City-Bay County
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.2121° N, 85.6828° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Panama City-Bay Co International Airport, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.2121&lon=-85.6828&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1501N, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1501N) (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 C8512
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,500 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991230037369I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON DECEMBER 30, 1999, N1501N WAS BEING OPERATED ON A LOCAL FLIGHT IN THE PANAMA CITY AIRPORT (PFN) TRAFFIC PATTERN.  DURING A TOUCH AND GO LANDING ON RUNWAY 32 A GUST OF WIND CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO VEER TO THE RIGHT AND GO OFF THE RUNWAY.  THE LEFT MAIN COLLAPSED AFTER HITTING A SAND DUNE WHICH BROKE THE GEAR CONNECTIN LINKS AND CAUSED THE AIRPLANE TO NOSE OVER.  THE FABRIC ON THE BOTTOM OUTER EDGE OF THE LEFT AND RIGHT WINGS WAS CHAFFED AND TORN.  THE WOODEN PROPELLER STRUCK THE GROUND AND SPLINTERED BOTH TIPS.  THE PILOT AND PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED.

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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