# Incident 20190508004229I: Piper J3C-65, St Petersurg, FL, May 8, 2019

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 8, 2019, 11:57 local time
- Place: St Petersurg, FL
- Airport: Albert Whitted
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.7651° N, 82.6269° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ALBERT WHITTED (SPG), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.7651&lon=-82.6269&mi=10
- Aircraft: N70539, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N70539) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper J3C-65 (registry code 7100510, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-j3c-65) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C85 series (registry code 17008, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c85-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER J3C-65
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR C85 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 4,270 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 27 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190508004229I

## Narrative

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

ON MAY 08, 2019 AT 1157 EDT A 1965 PIPER J3C-65 AIRCRAFT REGISTERED TO M783BRAVO LLC LANDED SAFELY AT ST. PETERSBURG AIRPORT (SPG). THE AIRCRAFT EXITED ONTO TAXIWAY ALPHA AND WENT INTO THE GRASS NOSING OVER STRIKING THE PROPELLER. THE PILOT STATED THE STUDENT OVERSTEERED AND THAT HE BEING THE PILOT IN COMMAND WAS ABLE TO RECOVER FROM THE TURN, BUT THINKS BOTH STUDENT AND PILOT WERE ON THE BRAKES AND THE 15 MPH TAIL AGGRAVATED THE SITUATION.

## Other reports on N70539 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20180322009929I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180322009929I), Mar 22, 2018: Piper J3C-65 (N70539), St. Petersburg, FL, Minor damage. On 3/22/2018 N70539 departed spg and was doing pattern work and touch and go's. on the fourth landing the pilot applied the brakes in order to do a stop and…

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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