# Incident 20091008020359I: Piper J3F65, Santa Ana, CA, October 8, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 8, 2009, 17:44 local time
- Place: Santa Ana, CA
- Airport: John Wayne Airport-Orange Coun
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.6757° N, 117.8682° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at JOHN WAYNE/ORANGE COUNTY (SNA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6757&lon=-117.8682&mi=10
- Aircraft: N38834, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N38834) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper J3F-65 (registry code 7100536, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-j3f-65) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Franklin 4AC176B series (registry code 27006, https://openairdocs.org/engine/franklin-4ac176b-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER J3F65
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20091008020359I

## Narrative

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

THIS WAS A LOCAL FLIGHT DEPARTING FROM AND RETURNING TO JOHN WAYNE AIRPORT (SNA).  THE PILOT WAS ATTEMPTING HIS FIRST LANDING TO A FULL STOP ON RUNWAY 19L.  DURING THE LANDING THE RIGHT WING BEGAN TO FALL AND THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO MOVE RIGHT AND THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO COMPENSATE WITH AILERONS.  THE RIGHT WING TIP CONTACTED THE GROUND AND THE AIRCRAFT TURNED APPROXIMATELY 70 DEGREES TO THE RIGHT AND CAME TO REST ON THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR, RIGHT WING TIP, AND TAIL WHEEL.  INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT BY THE PILOT REVEALED A BOLT WAS NO LONGER INSTALLED ON THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR.  INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT CONDUCTED DURING THE INVESTIGATION REVEALED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT WING TIP.  NO OTHER DAMAGE NOTED ON 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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