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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper J3C-65 · Bellefonte, PA · August 23, 2011

Date
August 23, 2011 · 17:00 local
Place
Bellefonte, PA
Airport
Bellefonte
Phase of flight
Taxi
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N42452
Reported as
Piper J3C-65
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
2,102 total545 in this make and model53 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.

While taxiing aircraft in grass, aircraft hit a unmarked small drainage ditch with right main gear causing the right main gear to fold back and break from mount, resulting in right wing tip striking ground.

As the FAA filed it

WHILE TAXIING AIRCRAFT IN GRASS, AIRCRAFT HIT A UNMARKED SMALL DRAINAGE DITCH WITH RIGHT MAIN GEAR CAUSING THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR TO FOLD BACK AND BREAK FROM MOUNT, RESULTING IN RIGHT WING TIP STRIKING GROUND.