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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper J3C-65 · Monroeville, PA · August 21, 2013

Date: August 21, 2013 · 12:00 local
Place: Monroeville, PA
Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N3274U
Reported as: Piper J3C-65
Reported engine: Continental C85 series
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,271 total10 in this make and model90 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.

N3274U was on a VFR training flight. Theprivacy data omitted (student), occupied the back seat, with the flight instructor in front. The purpose of the flight was to familiarize the owner with a taildragger aircraft.

Upon landing at (4G0), the instructor stated that the landing was normal. After a 500' rollout the aircraft turned abruptly to the right and came to rest at the bottom of a ravine causing significant damage to the landing gear.

As the FAA filed it

N3274U WAS ON A VFR TRAINING FLIGHT. THE^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ (STUDENT), OCCUPIED THE BACK SEAT, WITH THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR IN FRONT. THE PURPOSE OF THE FLIGHT WAS TO FAMILIARIZE THE OWNER WITH A TAILDRAGGER AIRCRAFT.

UPON LANDING AT (4G0), THE INSTRUCTOR STATED THAT THE LANDING WAS NORMAL. AFTER A 500' ROLLOUT THE AIRCRAFT TURNED ABRUPTLY TO THE RIGHT AND CAME TO REST AT THE BOTTOM OF A RAVINE CAUSING SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO THE LANDING GEAR.