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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper J3C-65 · Bellingham, WA · June 3, 2014

Date
June 3, 2014 · 09:30 local
Place
Bellingham, WA
Airport
Floathaven Airstrip
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N1205P
NTSB investigation
NTSBWPR14CA223
Reported as
Piper J3C-65
Reported engine
Continental A&C65 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
7,510 total500 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.

The pilot stated weather was not a factor (no wind) and he touched down on the grass strip about 200 feet from threshold. On roll out up the Airstrip ( it goes uphill from the lake) the airplane started to go to the right. He started correcting, but the right wing hit a small tree and spun the aircraft down the bank to the right of the runway, where the left wing hit another tree.

As the FAA filed it

THE PILOT STATED WEATHER WAS NOT A FACTOR (NO WIND) AND HE TOUCHED DOWN ON THE GRASS STRIP ABOUT 200 FEET FROM THRESHOLD. ON ROLL OUT UP THE AIRSTRIP ( IT GOES UPHILL FROM THE LAKE) THE AIRPLANE STARTED TO GO TO THE RIGHT. HE STARTED CORRECTING, BUT THE RIGHT WING HIT A SMALL TREE AND SPUN THE AIRCRAFT DOWN THE BANK TO THE RIGHT OF THE RUNWAY, WHERE THE LEFT WING HIT ANOTHER TREE.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.