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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper J3C-65 · Gaylord, MI · January 21, 2000

Date
January 21, 2000 · 15:30 local
Place
Gaylord, MI
Airport
Otsego County
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N30482
Reported as
Piper J3C65
Pilot’s flight hours
6,700 total100 in this make and model5 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) J3 cub on skis was landing at Otsego County Airport on the north side of runway 27 in a snow covered field. After touch down and on the roll out the left ski hit a snow drift and the aircraft flipped over. There were no passengers on board, no injuries to the pilot, and minor damage to the aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) J3 CUB ON SKIS WAS LANDING AT OTSEGO COUNTY AIRPORT ON THE NORTH SIDE OF RUNWAY 27 IN A SNOW COVERED FIELD. AFTER TOUCH DOWN AND ON THE ROLL OUT THE LEFT SKI HIT A SNOW DRIFT AND THE AIRCRAFT FLIPPED OVER. THERE WERE NO PASSENGERS ON BOARD, NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT, AND MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.