# Incident 20120419015089I: Piper J3C-65, Waynesburg, PA, April 19, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 19, 2012, 11:15 local time
- Place: Waynesburg, PA
- Airport: Waynesburg Greene County Airpo
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.8983° N, 80.1855° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Waynesburg, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.8983&lon=-80.1855&mi=10
- Aircraft: N98602, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N98602) (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 A&C65 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 73 total, 59 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120419015089I

## Narrative

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

STUDENT PILOT WAS OPERATING ON A REPEATED CROSS COUNTRY ENDORSEMENT WHEN HE DEPARTED KMGW, FLEW TO KWAY,  AND LANDED ON THE CLOSED RUNWAY.AIRPORT WAS NOTAM'D CLOSED AND RUNWAY WAS PROPERLY MARKED WITH AN "X".

## Other reports on N98602 (1)

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

- [Accident 19790925024019A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790925024019A), Sep 25, 1979: Piper J3 (N98602), Madrid, IA, Substantial damage. Agricultural spraying operation. Pilot hit wire.

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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