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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper J3C-65 · Thackerville, OK · June 22, 2010

Date
June 22, 2010 · 19:00 local
Place
Thackerville, OK
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Rotation
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N6818H
Reported as
Piper J3C-65
Reported engine
Continental CONTINENTAL
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
529 total385 in this make and model49 in the last 90 days

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.

The aircraft departed from cedar mills airport (3T0) approx 1900 with the pilot and one passenger aboard. They landed on a sand bar in the red river south of horseshoe bend recreational area about 19:30. During take off the aircraft settled and flipped over its nose and landed upside down. No one was injured. The aircraft suffered minor damage of the right wing tip and engine cowl.

As the FAA filed it

THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED FROM CEDAR MILLS AIRPORT (3T0) APPROX 1900 WITH THE PILOT AND ONE PASSENGER ABOARD. THEY LANDED ON A SAND BAR IN THE RED RIVER SOUTH OF HORSESHOE BEND RECREATIONAL AREA ABOUT 19:30. DURING TAKE OFF THE AIRCRAFT SETTLED AND FLIPPED OVER ITS NOSE AND LANDED UPSIDE DOWN. NO ONE WAS INJURED. THE AIRCRAFT SUFFERED MINOR DAMAGE OF THE RIGHT WING TIP AND ENGINE COWL.