# Incident 20190126009589I: Piper J3C-65, Cecil, FL, January 26, 2019

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 26, 2019, 09:02 local time
- Place: Cecil, FL
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N71017, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N71017) (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: 40 total, 40 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190126009589I

## Narrative

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

PILOT WAS ON SOLO CROSS COUNTRY AND AS HE WAS LANDING ON RUNWAY 7, A GUST OF WIND, CAUSED HIS LOSS OF CONTROL AND HE LEFT THE RUNWAY INTO THE GRASS. PILOT CHECKED HIS SURROUNDINGS AND NO ONE ELSE WAS TAXIING, SO HE CONTINUED THROUGH THE GRASS STRIP AND ENTERED TAXI WAY.

HE THEN SHUT DOWN AND INSPECTED THE AIRCRAFT. HE CALLED TOWER AND HIS ACADEMY. THEY ASKED IF THE AIRCRAFT WAS DAMAGED OR ABLE TO FLY, AND GAVE HIM THE OPTION OF HAVING SOMEONE PICK HIM UP AND ANOTHER PILOT FLY THE PLANE BACK TO INVERNESS. HE STATED HE WAS FINE AND ABLE TO FLY THE PLANE BACK.

ONCE HE LANDED A THOROUGH INSPECTION OF THE GEAR AND SURFACES WAS CONDUCTED, INCLUDING REMOVING PANELS. ATC STATED 2 PAPI LIGHTS WERE DAMAGED. ALTHOUGH THERE IS NO INDICATION ON THE AIRCRAFT OF ANY CONTACT WITH ANY OTHER SURFACE.

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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