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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper J3C-65 · West Milford, NJ · August 17, 2012

Date
August 17, 2012 · 13:40 local
Place
West Milford, NJ
Airport
Greenwood Lake Airport
Phase of flight
Taxi
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N70497
Reported as
Piper J3C-65
Reported engine
Continental A&C75 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
10,000 total1,200 in this make and model30 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.

During after landing taxi, pilot was power taxing with tail up, nose level and prop struck the runway light.

As the FAA filed it

DURING AFTER LANDING TAXI, PILOT WAS POWER TAXING WITH TAIL UP, NOSE LEVEL AND PROP STRUCK THE RUNWAY LIGHT.