20190623007919A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Piper J3C-65 · Vine Grove, KY · June 23, 2019

Date
June 23, 2019 · 18:48 local
Place
Vine Grove, KY
Airport
Vine Grove
Phase of flight
Landing: Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N70803
NTSB investigation
NTSBCEN19LA184
Reported as
Piper J3C-65
Reported engine
Continental A-65-8F
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
2
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot

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.

Struck a tree prior to landing on the private grass strip causing the aircraft to nosedive at the approach

End of the runway 29.

As the FAA filed it

STRUCK A TREE PRIOR TO LANDING ON THE PRIVATE GRASS STRIP CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO NOSEDIVE AT THE APPROACH

END OF THE RUNWAY 29.

NTSB investigation

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