20030403015199A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper J3C-65 · Pahokee, FL · April 3, 2003

Date
April 3, 2003 · 07:15 local
Place
Pahokee, FL
Phase of flight
Practice Training Manuevers
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N6844H
Reported as
Piper J3C65
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
7,000 total350 in this make and model20 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) During a maneuver at approximately 150 ft. AGL, the student reported the left wing dropped and the CFI took control of the aircraft followed immediately by the aircraft hitting the ground in a sugar cane field.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) DURING A MANEUVER AT APPROXIMATELY 150 FT. AGL, THE STUDENT REPORTED THE LEFT WING DROPPED AND THE CFI TOOK CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT FOLLOWED IMMEDIATELY BY THE AIRCRAFT HITTING THE GROUND IN A SUGAR CANE FIELD.