# Incident 20100421034409I: Piper J-3, Cross City, FL, April 21, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 21, 2010, 17:01 local time
- Place: Cross City, FL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Unknown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.6386° N, 83.1248° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Cross City, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.6386&lon=-83.1248&mi=10
- Aircraft: N51539, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N51539) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper J-3 (registry code 7100502, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-j-3) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER J-3
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-235 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 6,750 total, 3,500 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100421034409I

## Narrative

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

ON APRIL 21, 2010, AT APPROXIMATELY 1510 EASTERN STANDARD TIME, A REGISTERED AIRCRAFT, N51539 PIPER J3, SERIAL NUMBER 10491 OWNED BY AERO TECH INDUSTRIES AND, PILOTED BY MATT SCOTT HEAP. THE AIRCRAFT WAS ENROUTE TO TALLADEGA AL FROM NORTH PERRY AIRPORT (HWO) WHEN THE AIRCRAFT RAN OUT OF FUEL APPROXIMATELY TEN MILES SOUTH OF CROSS CITY AIRPORT (CTY). THE PILOT MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING ON A DIRT ROAD. AFTER LANDING, DURING ROLL OUT THE AIRCRAFT LEFT WING STUCK A TREE CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT WAS UNINJURED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.

## Other reports on N51539 (1)

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

- [Incident 20150627008759I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150627008759I), Jun 27, 2015: Piper J-3 (N51539), Hollywood, FL, Minor damage. Aircraft N51539 had just landed at khwo from kzph on runway 28R while taxing on taxiway echo a strong gust of wind lifted the left wing and tail causing the…

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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