# Incident 20000701020669I: Piper J3C65, Miami, FL, July 1, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 1, 2000, 15:12 local time
- Place: Miami, FL
- Airport: Opa Locka Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 25.7743° N, 80.1937° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Miami, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.7743&lon=-80.1937&mi=10
- Aircraft: N70659, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N70659) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper J3C-65 (registry code 7100510, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-j3c-65) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER J3C65
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 700 total, 400 in this make and model, 52 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000701020669I

## Narrative

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

(-23)AIRMAN LANDED AT THE OPA LOCKA AIRPORT TO WAIT OUT THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AREA. GUST OF WIND RAISED TAIL OF AIRCRAFT CAUSING A PROP STRIKE.  REPORTED WINDS -24007G22.  CONVERSATION WITH AIRCRAFT OWNER REVEALED THAT AIRCRAFT IN HIGHLY MODIFIED FOR BANNER WORK AND IS SUSCEPTIBLE TO THIS TYPE OF INCIDENT.  AIRMAN IS STILL EMPLOYED BY OPERATOR.

## Other reports on N70659 (2)

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

- [Accident 19900901037879A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900901037879A), Sep 1, 1990: Piper STCJ3 (N70659), Miami, FL, Substantial damage. Lost oil pressure on banner tow. Oil on windshield engine seized through rod, lack of oil cause not determined.
- [Incident 19810327024819I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810327024819I), Mar 27, 1981: Piper J3C65 (N70659), North Myrtly Be, SC, Minor damage. Pilot made low pass to release a banner; lost airspeed. Right gear caught ground and collapsed.

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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