# Incident 20081025854629I: Piper J3L65, Garberville, CA, October 25, 2008 - Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: October 25, 2008, 16:32 local time - Place: Garberville, CA - Airport: Garberville - Damage: Minor damage - Phase of flight: Landing - Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91) - Location: 40.0854° N, 123.8141° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GARBERVILLE (O16), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.0854&lon=-123.8141&mi=10 - Aircraft: N30558, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N30558) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry model: Piper J3L-65 (registry code 7100546, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-j3l-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 J3L65 - People aboard: 2 - Fatal injuries: 0 - Pilot flight hours: 280 total, 250 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20081025854629I ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. (-23) SATURDAY NIGHT AT 1832 HOURS I TOUCHED DOWN MY 1940 PIPER CUB SPORT TRAINER J-3, SERIAL NUMBER 4928, AT THE CUB'S HOME AIRPORT: GARBERVILLE (O16). ONE PASSENGER, AN ULTRA-LIGHT PILOT, WAS IN THE FRONT SEAT, AND I WAS FLYING FROM THE CUSTOMARY PIC SEAT IN THE REAR. VISIBILITY WAS GOOD SOME 8 MINUTES AFTER SUNSET, SKY WAS CLEAR, RUNWAY WAS DRY AND IN GOOD CONDITION. TWO DAYS PREVIOUS, THE PLANE HAD A VERY THROUGH GOING OVER FOR MY BI-ANNUAL FLIGHT REVIEW, SO TIRE INFLATION WAS RIGHT ON AT 15 POUNDS AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION. I HAD PERFORMED A NORMAL PRE-FLIGHT PRIOR TO THE ARRIVAL OF MY PASSENGER AT 1700. WITH ZERO WIND SHOWING, I CHOSE THE PRIMARY 36 RUNWAY AND MADE A NORMAL, ON SPEED AND THIRD DASH PAST THE NUMBERS THREE-POINT TOUCHDOWN. ROLLOUT COMMENCED NORMALLY WITH THE USUAL "TAIL-DRAGGER TAP DANCE" UNTIL A SHARP LEFT JAB ON THE RUDDER RESULTED IN MY LEFT SHOE CATCHING IN THE SEAT/SEAT-BELT HANGER ATTACHMENT POINT. THIS RESULTED IN MY (SOFT CAMBRIDGE WALKING) SHOE JAMMED FIRMLY ON THE LEFT RUDDER, WITH ME UNABLE TO GET IT LOOSE OR GET MY FOOT OUT OF THE SHOE. I HAD TIME TO YELL AT MY PASSENGER "MY FOOT'S STUCK" AS WE CIRCLED RATHER SEDATELY LEFT AND DROPPED THE RIGHT WHEEL INTO AN APPROXIMATELY 3 FOOT DEEP DITCH SOME 60 FEET FROM THE RUNWAY EDGE. I HAD TIME TO CUT THE MAGNETO BEFORE IMPACT. ESTIMATED SPEED AT IMPACT WAS LESS THEN 15 MILES AN HOUR. MY PASSENGER AND I EXITED UNINJURED - IT WAS HIS THIRD AIRCRAFT CRASH, SO HE WAS RATHER DEBONAIR ABOUT THE WHOLE AFFAIR. THE FOLLWING DAY - SUNDAY MORNING - THE AIRCRAFT WAS LIFTED OUT WITH A TRIPLE A TOW TRUCK RIG AN TOWED/WING WALKED TO ITS' HANGAR 150 YARDS AWAY. THE SLIGHTLY BOWED STRUTS WERE STRAIGHTENED BY MY A & P, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AND THE AIRCRAFT SUPPORTED BY A CHAIN-HOIST AND ROPES FROM THE ENGINE MOUNT AND A SAWHORSE. (ATTACHMENT BROKENLEG.JPG) IT WAS ASCERTAINED THAT THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE PROP, ENGINE, OR WING; A PLAN OF REPAIR WAS DISCUSSED WITH ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, AND PARTS WERE ORDERED MONDAY. THE FOUR PARTS ORDERED WERE THE V CABANE STRUT GEAR BETWEEN THE GEAR LEGS, THE RIGHT GEAR LEG V, A NEW STEP, AND A NEW SHOCK CORDS FOR THE CABANE STRUT. ## Other reports on N30558 (2) Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date. - [Incident 20080119000319I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080119000319I), Jan 19, 2008: Piper J3L65 (N30558), Garberville, CA, No damage. (-23) Aircraft is certified as an experimental light sport aircraft (e-lsa). The engine was overhauled 02/22/1999 tach time 551.8. The engine failed in flight… - [Accident 19751222041919A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19751222041919A), Dec 22, 1975: Piper J3L65 (N30558), Santa Monica, CA, Substantial damage. Lnd on golf course. Plt stated oil press low drg runup. 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.