# Accident 20190904012589A: Piper J3C-65, Winfield, AL, September 4, 2019

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 4, 2019, 11:30 local time
- Place: Winfield, AL
- Airport: Alexis Creek Bc,Secondary Aero
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.8633° N, 87.8453° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8633&lon=-87.8453&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7326H, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7326H) (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: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,060 total, 55 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA19CA539](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA539) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190904012589A

## Narrative

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

PILOT DECIDED TO TAXI DOWNWIND BEFORE TAKE-OFF.  PILOT WAS TAXING FROM THE FRONT SEAT, THEN STATED ONCE IN POSITION FOR TAKE-OFF, HE WOULD MOVE TO THE BACKSEAT.  DURING TAXI HE STATED THEIR WAS A GUST OF WIND AT THE TAIL OF THE AIRCRAFT AND THE AIRCRAFT NOSED OVER.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB GAA19CA539](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA539), Sep 4, 2019: Piper J3C (N7326H), Winfield, AL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain proper wind correction input during taxi in a gusting tailwind, which resulted in a nose over.

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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