# Incident 20020701023729I: Piper J3C65, Hastings, FL, July 1, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 1, 2002, 11:30 local time
- Place: Hastings, FL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.7144° N, 81.4992° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hastings, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.7144&lon=-81.4992&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2023M, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2023M) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,792 total, 250 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/20020701023729I

## Narrative

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

(-23) MR. JOHNSON, WHO WAS THE PIC AND ONLY PERSON ONBOARD, WAS ATTEMPTING TO TAKE OFF FROM AN UNIMPROVED AREA--A DIRT ROAD. ON LIFT OFF THE AIRCRAFT DRIFTED TO THE RIGHT AND STRUCK SOME SMALL PINE TREES AT ABOUT FIVE FEET ABOVE GROUND LEVEL. THE PINE TREES WERE ABOUT EIGHT FEET IN HEIGHT. THE AIRCRAFT ROTATED TO THE RIGHT AND HIT THE GROUND ON THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR. IT CONTINUED TO ROTATE TO THE RIGHT AND CAME TO REST AT ABOUT A 90 DEGREE ANGLE TO THE ROAD. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN AN UPRIGHT POSITION. THERE WAS NO INJURY TO THE PILOT AND MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.

## Other reports on N2023M (2)

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

- [Incident 19870801055749I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870801055749I), Aug 1, 1987: Piper J3C65 (N2023M), Beverly, MA, Minor damage. Engine started with hand propping and the unoccupied aircraft jumped the chocks. Wind blew aircraft up on its nose.
- [Incident 19840714060179I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840714060179I), Jul 14, 1984: Piper J3 (N2023M), Caribou, ME, Minor damage. Landed in clover field after power loss. Nosed over. Failed to use carburetor heat.

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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