# Incident 20190817022379I: Piper J3C-65, Perry, GA, August 17, 2019

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 17, 2019, 18:00 local time
- Place: Perry, GA
- Airport: Perry-Houston County
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Rotation
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.5106° N, 83.7673° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PERRY-HOUSTON COUNTY (PXE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.5106&lon=-83.7673&mi=10
- Aircraft: N92425, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N92425) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,737 total, 100 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190817022379I

## Narrative

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

PILOT STATED HE WAS GIVING A DEMONSTRATION FLIGHT, WHILE MAKING A ROUTINE LANDING AT PERRY-HOUSTON COUNTY AIRPORT (PXE) LOCATED IN PERRY, GEORGIA ON RUNWAY 36, THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED HARD AND HE ATTEMPTED TO EXECUTE A GO AROUND. POWER WAS ADDED FOR THE GO AROUND, THE AIRCRAFT ACCELERATED TO ROTATION SPEED OF ABOUT 43 MPH, AS THE PILOT ROTATED THE PILOT LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT PARTIALLY DUE TO LOSS OF FORWARD VISIBILITY AROUND THE PASSENGER, THE AIRCRAFT VEERED TO THE LEFT OF RUNWAY HEADING, THE AIRCRAFT WAS UNABLE TO BREAK OUT OF GROUND EFFECT AND CLIMB, THE AIRCRAFT CONTACTED A BERM ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE PARALLEL TAXIWAY, THE AIRCRAFT SPUN AROUND ABOUT 180 DEGREES AND CAME TO A FULL STOP, AT WHICH TIME BOTH THE PILOT AND PASSENGER EXITED THE AIRCRAFT WITHOUT INJURY.

WEATHER REPORTED AT WARNER ROBINS AIR FORCE BASE APPROX. 12 NM FROM THE PERRY-HOUSTON COUNTY AIRPORT AT THE TIME OF THIS FLIGHT WAS 97 DEGREES F, FEW CLOUDS AT 080, ALTIMETER 29.91 AND DEW POINT 66 DEGREES F. CALCULATED DENSITY ALTITUDE 3195 FEET.

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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