# Incident 20100622052309I: Piper J3C-65, Thackerville, OK, June 22, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 22, 2010, 19:00 local time
- Place: Thackerville, OK
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Rotation
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.7876° N, 97.1392° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Thackerville, OK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7876&lon=-97.1392&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6818H, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6818H) (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 J3C-65
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR CONTINENTAL
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 529 total, 385 in this make and model, 49 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100622052309I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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