20250713012409A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper J3C-65 · Howard, WI · July 13, 2025

Date
July 13, 2025 · 10:53 local
Place
Howard, WI
Airport
Faikel Airfield 08wi
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N88220
NTSB investigation
NTSBCEN25LA249
Reported as
Piper J3C-65
Reported engine
Continental A&C65 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
180 total87 in this make and model10 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

On July 13, 2025 about 1100 CST, privacy data omitted registered as a Piper cub J3C-65 airplane piloted by the privacy data omitted, was substantially damaged after landing at 08WI faikel field in Howard, WI. The pilot received no injuries. The aircraft contacted a fence wire for a cattle field just prior to touchdown, landed and then flipped over on the grass landing strip. The aircraft was being operated by the privacy data omittedas a part 91 personal flight when the accident occurred. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time.

As the FAA filed it

ON JULY 13, 2025 ABOUT 1100 CST, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ REGISTERED AS A PIPER CUB J3C-65 AIRPLANE PILOTED BY THE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED AFTER LANDING AT 08WI FAIKEL FIELD IN HOWARD, WI. THE PILOT RECEIVED NO INJURIES. THE AIRCRAFT CONTACTED A FENCE WIRE FOR A CATTLE FIELD JUST PRIOR TO TOUCHDOWN, LANDED AND THEN FLIPPED OVER ON THE GRASS LANDING STRIP. THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED BY THE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^AS A PART 91 PERSONAL FLIGHT WHEN THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME.

NTSB investigation

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