Piper J3C-65
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Accident 20260720008859APiper J3C-65 · Richmond, TXAccording to preliminary pilot statements and video accounts, the flight departed the airfield to the south for a local sunrise observation. The aircraft executed a right turn to the west, tracked back across the airfield heading east, and climbed to…Accident 20260602006599APiper J3C-65 · Granby, CTOn 06/02/2026 at 1251 EDT, the FAA received a preliminary notice regarding an accident involving Piper J-3 cub. The aircraft experienced a reported loss of engine power shortly after departure from Simsbury Airport (4B9) and came to rest in a field north of…Accident 20260410004139APiper J3C-65 · Baker, FLDuring climb out after departing from the Long Branch airfield, the aircraft's engine lost power. Pilot attempted to return to airport but stalled and clipped a tree before impact.Incident 20260227003349IPiper J3C-65 · Brenham, TXPilot stated: I went up for a local flight Friday February 27th 2026. I left Brenham airport 11R and was close to somerville when the engine suddenly stopped running. I had plenty of altitude and saw a big open field to my left, so I turned and got setup to…Accident 20260201000489APiper J3C-65 · Brimfield, OHPilot doing a low altitude flyby over friend's farm experienced an engine power loss on fourth pass after turning carburetor heat off and applying climb power. Pilot was unable to attempt restart or maneuver to avoid tree line ahead. Aircraft hit tree tops…Incident 20260131001139IPiper J3C-65 · Erwinna, PAPilot was doing touch and goes at Van Sant Airport. The runway was snow covered with patches of ice and the aircraft was on skis. On take off personnel on the ground alerted the passenger via phone the right gear looked like it was hanging strangley. The…Incident 20250912021679IPiper J3C-65 · Springfield, MOAircraft experienced prop strike while attempting to take off from an "off airfield" pasture. Pilot statement below: The engine started easy, and a run up was performed after engine temperature and pressure obtained and stabilized. A fast taxi along the…Accident 20250725009629APiper J3C-65 · Dillingham, AKPilot doing touch and goes. Departed runway 19 on second touch and go, engine quit at approximitley 200 feet AGL, restarted momentarily, aircraft stalled and struck the ground. Fuel tanks were found empty upon initial post accident inspection.Incident 20250715011299IPiper J3C-65 · Berne, NYAirman 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.Accident 20250713012409APiper J3C-65 · Howard, WIOn 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…Accident 20250624007319APiper J3C-65 · Dunlap, TNPilot flying JC3-65 cub, while attempting to land, struck tree tops with left wing causing aircraft to stall, striking the ground nose-first. Two persons were on Board, one fatality and one severely injured. Aircraft sustained substantial damage.Accident 20250504008419APiper J3C-65 · Wilson, KSOn may 4, 2025, at approximately 13:25 local time, a Piper J3C-65 aircraft, was destroyed in an accident near Wilson, Kansas. The sole occupant, the pilot, sustained fatal injuries. According to witness statements, the aircraft was observed in a shallow climb…Incident 20250324005132IPiper J3C-65 · San Diego, CAAircraft [privacy data omitted] was holding short at runway 28L awaiting clearance. Aircraft [privacy data omitted] was taxing to runway 28L and made contact with [privacy data omitted]. Damage to left hand wing tip of [privacy data omitted].Accident 20240727020719APiper J3C-65 · Fort Worth, TXAt approximately 11:00 a m , J-3 cub [privacy data omitted] pilot and one passenger taking off to south michael flying. Airplane came up on main gear while moving down runway. Aircraft made an abrupt left turn off runway presumably from p factor. I could not…Accident 20240727013529APiper J3C-65 · Groveland, FLAirman departed williston airport with low fuel. Airman stated that his airplane hold 17 gallons of fuel. Airplane burns approx 8 gallons per hour. Airplane departed gore field in haines city and flew 1.5 hours to williston. Which would leave approx 5 to 6…Accident 20240619008249APiper J3C-65 · Fresno County, CAOn June 19, 2024, the pilot planned to fly a newly acquired Piper J3C-65 airplane from mefford field airport (tlr) to prescott regional airport - ernest a love field (prc). While en route from modesto city-county airport-harry sham field (mod) to bishop…Incident 20240515005619IPiper J3C-65 · Eden Prairie, MNShortly after touchdown the right wing raised due to a crosswind. The PIC applied crosswind correction but was unable to maintain control. The aircraft spun 360 degrees, the left wingtip struck the ground and the fuselage under the horizontal stabilizer…Accident 20240501004919APiper J3C-65 · Apex, NCThe pilot and passenger refueled the aircraft, and the pilot started aircraft and performed a preflight check. Aircraft departed runway (a grass field with a downhill decline) and flew around the local area for approxamately 30 minutes. The aircraft returned…Accident 20240314004569APiper J3C-65 · Crystal River, FLPilot started the aircraft by spinning the prop. There was nobody riding brakes and the plane jumped chocks and ran into a parked aircraft causing damage to both aircraft.Incident 20240214005729IPiper J3C-65 · Ste Genevieve, MOThe PIC made an uneventful full stop landing on a sandbar located on the Missouri side of the Mississippi river. During the subsequent departure roll the left wheel encountered an area of deep loose sand. The aircraft came to an abrupt stop and tipped onto…Accident 20240212001119APiper J3C-65 · South Lyon, MIOn February 12, 2024, a Piper cub departed 1D2 enroute to a private air strip for landing practice. On the first approach to the field, the aircraft was in a left pattern for runway 36 and lined up on final. At tree level, the pilot reported feeling a wind…Accident 20240109002439APiper J3C-65 · Park Rapids, MNThe pilot had pictures of the takeoff roll, and tracks were straight and uneventful. Pilot reported the aircraft dipped the left wing hard and abruptly turned 90 degrees left from the runway as he reached tree top altitude of about 100-120FT AGL. Pilot…Accident 20231117018609APiper J3C-65 · Buffalo, MNThe PIC and [privacy data omitted]were performing multiple takeoffs and landings in the traffic pattern. Before commencing the last approach for a full-stop landing, the PIC took over the controls as the winds were reaching the personal limits of both pilots.…Incident 20231104017729IPiper J3C-65 · Rosanky, TXOn November 4, 2023, a Piper J-3 cub, struck a power line. Engine lost power and attempted a landing in field. Landing gear collapsed during process. Minor damage to aircraft and no injury to pilot.Incident 20230826013069IPiper J3C-65 · Moundridge, KSOn 08/26/2023 in a Piper J3C-65, experienced a baggadge door departure during flight. The private pilot, decided to land in a field not knowing the extend of the damage caused by the baggage door and to secure the dog. The pilot found no damage caused by the…Accident 20230810010639APiper J3C-65 · Miles City, MTPilot took off from un-imporverd field. During climb-out pilot experienced a sudden loss of power and crashed into a field. Aircraft propeller contacted ground first without any further movement.Accident 20230716021369APiper J3C-65 · Princeton, TXOn scene investigation revealed aircraft had attempted to depart a pasture and shortly after becoming airborne the tailwheel struck a natural gas pipe structure leading to an aborted takeoff. The tailwheel sheared off and the aircraft impacted the ground…Accident 20230605006869APiper J3C-65 · Salem, WISalem, WI (4WN9): [privacy data omitted] J3C-65, landed hard resulting in a broken landing gear, broken wing spar, and a prop strike. POB: 1, injuries: minor, damage: substantial. 06/05/2023 2300Z. On 6/06, an inspector from the milwaukee FSDO responded to…Accident 20230604013529APiper J3C-65 · Belfair, WAInstructor with student pilot, while flying for instruction, was on the way to bremerton, WA airport, when enigine quit. No electrical system on this aircraft, pilot elected to place aircraft down, located grave pit, on landing at grave pit, aircraft came…Incident 20230427007229IPiper J3C-65 · Romeoville, ILOn April 27, 2023, the pilot of a J3C-65, departed Lewis University Airport (klot) on runway 9. On climb out at approximately 800 feet AGL the aircraft began shaking. The pilot declared an emergency and made a left turn to land on runway 27. Prior to landing…Accident 20230307001342APiper J3C-65 · Winter Haven, FLOn March 7, 2023 at approximately 2:00 pm, a Piper J-3C, [privacy data omitted], and a Piper PA-28-161, [privacy data omitted], collided mid-air over lake hartridge. [privacy data omitted] Was flying north to south, 500 feet above ground level (AGL), 1/2 mile…Accident 20220803014009APiper J3C-65 · Cynthiana, KYAircraft was on final approach and experienced a left wing stall. Aircraft impacted ground resulting in substantial damage.Accident 20220729013579APiper J3C-65 · Sturgeon Lake, MNAirman departed oshkosh WI (kosh) after camping there for the airshow for several days. On the way to a family cabin near bemidji MN he was getting low on gas and trying to find the moose lake MN airport (kmzh). Airman stated having issues with his GPS and…Accident 20220722022819APiper J3C-65 · Huntington Beac, CAOn July 22, 2022, just after 13:21 pacific standard time, U.S. Registered aircraft [privacy data omitted], a Piper J3C-65, serial # 22356, [privacy data omitted]located in Florida crashed off the shoreline within the Huntington state beach while performing…Accident 20220410005269APiper J3C-65 · Bald Head Islan, NC[privacy data omitted] Departed grand strand airport (kcre) at approximately 1715 EDT in route to wilmington international airport (kilm) for the evening. While on his flight,[privacy data omitted] noticed a sandbar (jay bird shoals, northwest of Bald Head…Accident 20220112000549APiper J3C-65 · Winterhaven, FLOn January 12, 2022, at 1427 EST (19:27 z), while on an instructional flight, the Piper J3C, N88509, [privacy data omitted]impacted the ground in an orange grove in winter haven, Florida. A witness stated the aircraft pitched up and banked to the right enough…Accident 20211130020889APiper J3C-65 · Kissimmee, FLThe flight was a training flight for a pilot rated student, who was sitting in the forward seat, and the CFI in the aft seat. On landing, the brakes were missapplied, resulting in the aircraft pitching downward and flipping over, resting on the runway in the…Accident 20211005021829APiper J3C-65 · Garberville, CAOn October 5, 2021 at 1200, N3453K experienced an accident at the Garberville Airport in California. [privacy data omitted] Attempted to land at the airport with one passenger. Upon touchdown the aircraft veered to the right side. The pilot attempted to do a…Accident 20210822013909APiper J3C-65 · Adrian, MODuring unknown phase of flight from a private airfield, the aircraft lost engine power. The aircraft rolled left resulting in a stall of the left wing. The aircraft impacted the ground coming to rest in a cornfield.Accident 20210805013449APiper J3C-65 · Gosport, INOn August 5, 2021, at approximately 2000 eastern daylight time, a Piper J3C aircraft, N6269H, landed in a bean field approximately five miles northwest of Gosport, Indiana. The private pilot was not injured and aircraft sustained substantial damage. The…Accident 20210804015969APiper J3C-65 · Daton, ORWednesday August 4, 2021 at 5:08 pm local time a woman was hit by a small plane while kayaking on the willamette river in yamhill county. The aircraft had just taken off from the lower lambert, a gravel bar along the willamette river between dayton and the…Accident 20210731012259APiper J3C-65 · Hartford, WIOn 07/31/2021 at approximately 1130 CST while practicing take-off's and landings at Hartford, WI. (Hxf), a Piper J3 cub, N42522 lost power and landed in a soybean field across the road from the airport. The aircraft impacted the ground heading 270 degrees and…Accident 20210724011749APiper J3C-65 · Sandpoint, IDDuring take-off on runway 02 at Sandpoint Airport szt aircraft drifted to the left off center line and continued to the left into grass medium where aircraft struck berm before a taxiway intersection which tore both main gear from attach points bending frame…Incident 20210719006939IPiper J3C-65 · Ocean City, NJPilot departed paramount air airport (JY04) to conduct banner tow operations and experienced partial engine power loss in cruise flight. Initiated emergency release of banner to reduce drag. Pilot executed immediate climb and flew direct to Ocean City…Accident 20210628011079APiper J3C-65 · Kenai, AKOn 06/28/2021, N98109, Piper J3, reported engine failure 25 miles north east of Kenai on a VFR flight from hom to lhd. 2 POB, no injuries. Aircraft found inverted near foot of rabbit foot lake. Plane later recovered and transported to anchorage, where…Accident 20210426007279APiper J3C-65 · Slaughter, LAAircraft took off to the north. Upon rotation aircraft was steered left. Immediately with aircraft trying to climb engine started sputtering. Aircraft veered back to the right, trying to gain altitude. Shortly after the aircraft pitched up, engine stopped and…Accident 20210327011909APiper J3C-65 · Ponder, TXOn March 27, 2021 at approximately 1600 central daylight time the pilot of Piper J3C-65 N42769 began to turn westbound starting his approach to his landing strip at xao. The pilot attempted to increase the airplane's engine RPM once he turned downwind. As the…Accident 20210228000789APiper J3C-65 · Panacea, FLOn February 28, 2021, at 1805 EST, a Piper J3C cub, N7014H, [privacy data omitted], had a hard landing touching down short of runway 18 at Wakulla county, FL airport (2J0). Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and a flight plan was not…Accident 20201103021962APiper J3C-65 · Weslaco, TXAfter turning from base leg to the final approach he realized that his airplane was too close to the airplane ahead of him in the traffic pattern. The pilot decided to go-around and side-step to the right of runway 14 to ensure separation from the other…Accident 20201103021802APiper J3C-65 · Weslaco, TXStudent pilot took off from runway 14 on his third touch and go. He became focused on the instrumentation and allowed the aircraft to drift to the right (west) of runway 14. Aircraft collided with another aircraft approximately 80 feet AGL. The second…
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