# Incident 20050905025089I: Piper J3C65, Thermal, CA, September 5, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 5, 2005, 10:15 local time
- Place: Thermal, CA
- Airport: Thermal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.6262° N, 116.1308° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Thermal, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6262&lon=-116.1308&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3561K, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3561K) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper J3C-65 (registry code 7100510, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-j3c-65) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C90 series (registry code 17009, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c90-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER J3C65
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,000 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050905025089I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PIPER J3 ON APPROACH TO RUNWAY 35 AT KTRM. ON LANDING THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED AND WENT TO THE EDGE OF THE RUNWAY. AIRCRAFT STRUCK A RUNWAY EDGE LIGHT. SECOND PILOT SAID THAT THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME LANDIG A J-3 CUB AIRCRAFT.

## Other reports on N3561K (1)

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

- [Incident 19911121055549I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19911121055549I), Nov 21, 1991: Piper J3C65 (N3561K), Quartzsite, AZ, Minor damage. Landed on unimproved desert area. On rollout hit ditch and gear 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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