# Incident 20030830021339I: Piper J3C65, Decatur, TX, August 30, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 30, 2003, 12:00 local time
- Place: Decatur, TX
- Airport: Decatur Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.2542° N, 97.5805° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DECATUR MUNI (LUD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.2542&lon=-97.5805&mi=10
- Aircraft: N73870, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N73870) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper J3C-65 (registry code 7100510, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-j3c-65) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental A&C65 series (registry code 17003, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-a-c65-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER J3C65
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 743 total, 40 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030830021339I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON AUGUST 30, 2003 AT 1200 CDT, A PIPER PA-J3-C65, N73870, OWNED, OPERATED AND REGISTERED TO MR. MICHAEL KEVIN CASEY, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ THE AIRCRAFT LEFT THE RUNWAY DURING LANDING ROLL-OUT DUE TO A CROSSWIND GUST, THE PILOT WAS UNABLE TO CORRECT THE DRIFT AND THE AIRCRAFT STOOD ON ITS NOSE IN SOFT GROUND. THE PILOT WAS ON A CFR 14 PART 91 FLIGHT AND VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED. NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT SUFFERED A BROKEN WOODEN PROPELLER AND NO OTHER DAMAGE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT, THE SOLE OCCUPANT. THE PILOT HOLDS A PRIVATE PILOTS CERTIFICATE. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT DECATUR, TEXAS (8F7) ON AUGUST 30, 2003 AT APPROXIMATELY 1100 CDT.

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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