# Incident 20060325003329I: Piper J3C65, Sassamansville, PA, March 25, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 25, 2006, 15:25 local time
- Place: Sassamansville, PA
- Airport: Crosswinds Airfield Airport
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.3432° N, 75.5727° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CROSSWINDS AIRFIELD (PN00), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.3432&lon=-75.5727&mi=10
- Aircraft: N40970, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N40970) (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: 809 total, 24 in this make and model, 21 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060325003329I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT WAS MAKING A NORMAL APPROACH TO LANDING ON RUNWAY 20. ON SHORT FINAL APPROACH HE NOTICED A "RESTRAINING" EFFECT ON THE AIRCRAFT FOR A SECOND OR TWO, THEN A "RELEASING" SENSATION. HE CONTINUED TO MAKE A NORMAL LANDING. AFTER PARKING AND EXITING THE AIRCRAFT, HE NOTICED SPARKS AND A FIRE IN THE GRASS IN THE AREA OF HIS FINAL APPROACH ON THE GRASS RUNWAY. IT WAS AN ELECTRICAL CABLE THAT HE HAD CONTACTED AND SUBSQUENTLY CUT WITH THE LANDING GEAR OF THE AIRCRAFT. NO DAMAGE WAS SUFFERED TO THE AIRCRAFT.

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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