# Accident 20090505006619A: Piper J3C65, Pittsfield, PA, May 5, 2009 - Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: May 5, 2009, 11:15 local time - Place: Pittsfield, PA - Airport: Brokenstraw - Damage: Minor damage - Phase of flight: Taxi - Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91) - Location: 41.8329° N, 79.3607° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BROKENSTRAW (PA55), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.8329&lon=-79.3607&mi=10 - Aircraft: N7068H, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7068H) (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: 2 - Fatal injuries: 0 - Other injuries: 0 - Pilot flight hours: 4,000 total, 400 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090505006619A ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. (-23) THE PURPOSE OF THIS FLIGHT WAS DUAL INSTRUCTION FOR ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ TO ACQUIRE A TAIL WHEEL ENDORSEMENT. ON MAY 4, 2009, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, CFI #301564596, WAS SERVING AS PILOT-IN-COMMAND OF N7068H, PIPER J3C-65 AIRCRAFT, AND PROVIDING DUAL INSTRUCTION TO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ #2759518. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ RECEIVED HIS FIRST LESSON CONSISTING TO TAXING A TAIL WHEEL AIRCRAFT. ON MAY 5, 2009, AT APPROXIMATELY 1115 LOCAL TIME, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ PIC, (WHO WAS OCCUPYING THE FORWARD SEAT) PROVIDING DUAL INSTRUCTION TO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, (WHO WAS OCCUPYING THE REAR SEAT). ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS RECEIVING HIS SECOND LESSON CONSISTING OF A TAIL HIGH, HIGH SPEED TAXI FROM RUNWAY 09 @ P15 AIRPORT. THERE WAS NO INTENTION OF FLIGHT TIME ON THIS LESSON. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, CFI, STATED "AS THE TAIL BECAME AIRBORNE, N7068H MADE AN UNEXPECTED, UNCOMMANDED TURN TO THE RIGHT. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ APPLIED RIGHT RUDDER WHICH FURTHER AGGRAVATED THE RIGHT TURN." ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ TOOK CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT. AT THE SAME TIME N7068H EXITED RUNWAY 9 INTO A SWALE (A SHALLOW TROUGH LIKE DEPRESSION THAT CARRIES WATER MAINLY DURING RAINSTORMS OR SNOW MELTS), WHICH PARALLELS THE ENTIRE LENGTH OF RUNWAY 09. N7068H WAS CATAPULTED (BOUNCED) OFF THE UPSLOPE OF THE SWALE AND BECAME AIRBORNE WITH INSUFFICIENT AIRSPEED. N7068H WAS GOING TO MAKE A DIRECT IMPACT INTO A HANGAR. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ EXECUTED A HARD LEFT TURN, AND SUBSEQUENTLY SCRAPED THE LEFT WING TIP WITH THE PAVEMENT. WITHOUT SUFFICIENT AREA TO MANEUVER, THE RIGHT WING TIP STRUCK A PORTION OF A HANGAR. THE IMPACT CAUSED DAMAGE TO APPROXIMATLEY THE LAST THREE FEET OF THE RIGHT WING AND RIGHT WINGTIP. N7068H CAME TO A STOP ON APPROXIMATELY A 270 DEGREE HEADING. NO FURTHER DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT AND NO INJURIES TO EITHER OCCUPANT. N7068H DEPARTED AT APPROXIMATELY 1115 LOCAL. THE WIND WAS REPORTED FROM ENE TO E AND WAS GUSTING TO APPROXIMATELY 11.0 MPH (13 KNOTS). THIS EVENT WAS CLASSIFIED AS AN INCIDENT BY AIRWORTHINESS INSPECTION JLO;EA-03. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS COUNSELED ON SITUATIONAL AWARENESS BY THIS OFFICE. ## NTSB investigation None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search ## Other reports on N7068H (1) Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date. - [Accident 20040823035619A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040823035619A), Aug 23, 2004: Piper J3C65 (N7068H), Pittsfield, PA, Substantial damage. (-23) The aircraft landed on runway 27 and on rollout the pilot let the tail wheel settle to the ground. The aircraft made a 90 degree turn to the left went… 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.