# Incident 20001015019509I: Piper J3C65, Lincoln, MT, October 15, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 15, 2000, 14:30 local time
- Place: Lincoln, MT
- Airport: Lincoln Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.9547° N, 112.6502° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LINCOLN (S69), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.9547&lon=-112.6502&mi=10
- Aircraft: N70627, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N70627) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper J3C-65 (registry code 7100510, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-j3c-65) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental A&C75 series (registry code 17005, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-a-c75-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER J3C65
- Reported engine: CONT A65*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10,000 total, 20 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001015019509I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT TOOK OFF INTO THE WIND AT A DIRT STRIP. A/C LIFTED OFF AND THEN CAME BACK AND SETTLED DOWN. PILOT STATED THAT HE PROCEEDED TO FLY A/C. IT LIFTED UP AGAIN AND A/C HIT A GUST OF WIND AND THE RIGHT WING DIPPED AND RIGHT TIRE AND WHEEL IMPACTED THE GROUND. PILOT REGAINED CONTROL AND LIFTED OFF AND GOT AIRBORNE. PILOT THEN NOTICED THAT RIGHT TIRE AND WHEEL WERE BENT BACK. HE THEN MADE THE DECISION TO FLY THE A/C TO THE NEAREST AIRPORT. WHEN HE LANDED A/C THE A/C SLOWED DOWN THE RIGHT WING TIP CAME IN CONTACT WITH THE GROUND AND CAUSED SLIGHT DAMAGE TO WING TIP.

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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