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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper J3C-65 · Payson, AZ · May 28, 2012

Date: May 28, 2012 · 14:45 local
Place: Payson, AZ
Airport: Payson
Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N25758
Reported as: Piper J3C-65
Reported engine: Continental A&C65 series
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours: 2,900 total

N25758Registered now · Piper J3C-65S/N 3714 · Built 1939 Airframe modelPiper J3C-65 Engine modelContinental A&C65 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

The pilot was landing runway 6. Wind was reported

2140 240 At 7 kt

2145 220 At 4 kt

2150 280 At 6 kt

The pilot states when he landed there was a little "wiggle". The aircraft then began to slowly veer to the right. The pilot states he applied left rudder with no response. The aircraft went off the edge of the runway, and continued to creep slowly to the right. The aircraft then crossed a taxiway, then across a parking area where both aircraft and ground vehicles were parked. The aircraft slowly rolled up to and made contact with a ford bronco, and hit the front right corner of the bronco, damaging the propeller and breaking the light of the bronco.

As the FAA filed it

THE PILOT WAS LANDING RUNWAY 6. WIND WAS REPORTED

2140 240 AT 7 KT

2145 220 AT 4 KT

2150 280 AT 6 KT

THE PILOT STATES WHEN HE LANDED THERE WAS A LITTLE "WIGGLE". THE AIRCRAFT THEN BEGAN TO SLOWLY VEER TO THE RIGHT. THE PILOT STATES HE APPLIED LEFT RUDDER WITH NO RESPONSE. THE AIRCRAFT WENT OFF THE EDGE OF THE RUNWAY, AND CONTINUED TO CREEP SLOWLY TO THE RIGHT. THE AIRCRAFT THEN CROSSED A TAXIWAY, THEN ACROSS A PARKING AREA WHERE BOTH AIRCRAFT AND GROUND VEHICLES WERE PARKED. THE AIRCRAFT SLOWLY ROLLED UP TO AND MADE CONTACT WITH A FORD BRONCO, AND HIT THE FRONT RIGHT CORNER OF THE BRONCO, DAMAGING THE PROPELLER AND BREAKING THE LIGHT OF THE BRONCO.