# Incident 20060917028459I: Piper J3C65, Yankton, SD, September 17, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 17, 2006, 09:30 local time
- Place: Yankton, SD
- Airport: Chan Gurney Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.9167° N, 97.3859° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CHAN GURNEY MUNI (YKN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.9167&lon=-97.3859&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6839H, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6839H) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper J3C-65 (registry code 7100510, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-j3c-65) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C85-8F (registry code 17120, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c85-8f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER J3C65
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,040 total, 920 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060917028459I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON SEPTEMBER 17, 2006, WHILE TAXIING LEFT OFF OF RUNWAY 31 AT YANKTON, SD, N6839H, A PA-J3, WAS TIPPED UP BY A CROSSWIND. THE ENGINE WAS SHUT DOWN AND THE ONLY MINOR DAMAGE WAS CAUSED TO THE PROPELLER. SURFACE DATA INDICATES WINDS WERE APPROXIMATELY 14 GUSTING TO 20 KNOTS AT 270 DEGREES.

## Other reports on N6839H (1)

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

- [Accident 19840109001279A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840109001279A), Jan 9, 1984: Piper J3C65 (N6839H), Battlecreek, NE, Substantial damage. Right main gear broke while taxiing ski equipped aircraft on a snow covered field. A search and rescue flight.

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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