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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper J3C-65 · Goodyear, AZ · April 4, 2009

Date: April 4, 2009 · 07:25 local
Place: Goodyear, AZ
Airport: Phoenix Goodyear
Phase of flight: Ground/Ramp/Ma
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N88064
Reported as: Piper J3C65
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,600 total50 in this make and model22 in the last 90 days

N88064Registered now · Piper J3C-65S/N 15680 · Built 1946 Airframe modelPiper J3C-65 Engine modelContinental A&C65 seriesReciprocating

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) The owner/pilot stated he was attempting to start his J-3 C65 N88064 with only the right wheel chocked. He was experiencing difficulties but continued until the airplane started with "unusual force". At start the airplane jumped the chock and traveled forward. privacy data omitted Grabbed the right wing strut trying to stop the airplane and was knocked to the ground. The airplane turned, striking the hangar door causing the engine to stop and the airplane to recoil off the hangar door before coming to a stop.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE OWNER/PILOT STATED HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO START HIS J-3 C65 N88064 WITH ONLY THE RIGHT WHEEL CHOCKED. HE WAS EXPERIENCING DIFFICULTIES BUT CONTINUED UNTIL THE AIRPLANE STARTED WITH "UNUSUAL FORCE". AT START THE AIRPLANE JUMPED THE CHOCK AND TRAVELED FORWARD. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ GRABBED THE RIGHT WING STRUT TRYING TO STOP THE AIRPLANE AND WAS KNOCKED TO THE GROUND. THE AIRPLANE TURNED, STRIKING THE HANGAR DOOR CAUSING THE ENGINE TO STOP AND THE AIRPLANE TO RECOIL OFF THE HANGAR DOOR BEFORE COMING TO A STOP.