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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper J3C-65 · Berne, NY · July 15, 2025

Date
July 15, 2025 · 19:00 local
Place
Berne, NY
Phase of flight
Other, Specify
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N6474L
Reported as
Piper J3C-65
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Airline transport, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
8,467 total182 in this make and model45 in the last 90 days

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.

Airman was operating aircraft at a low altitude over a field when the main gear began to impact grass and wrapped around left wheel. The aircraft settled into the field and came to rest inverted.

As the FAA filed it

AIRMAN WAS OPERATING AIRCRAFT AT A LOW ALTITUDE OVER A FIELD WHEN THE MAIN GEAR BEGAN TO IMPACT GRASS AND WRAPPED AROUND LEFT WHEEL. THE AIRCRAFT SETTLED INTO THE FIELD AND CAME TO REST INVERTED.

Other reports on N6474L · 1

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