# NTSB investigations: Piper J3C-65: Runway excursion

NTSB aviation accident and incident investigations since 1962: the probable cause, findings, aircraft, crew, weather and docket of each, linked to the FAA registry and the FAA’s own reports.

## Latest cases

- [NTSB CEN24LA290](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN24LA290.md): Piper J3C-65 · Fort Worth, TX · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Jul 27, 2024 · N98813 · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s decision to allow a non-rated passenger to manipulate the flight controls during the takeoff which resulted in a loss of directional control during the takeoff.
- [NTSB CEN24LA041](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN24LA041.md): Piper J3C · Buffalo, MN · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Nov 17, 2023 · N30494 · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll with a quartering headwind.
- [NTSB GAA19CA575](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA575.md): Piper J3C · Lander, WY · Accident · Minor injuries · Data collection · Final report · Sep 26, 2019 · N33463 · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to maintain lateral control during takeoff with a quartering tailwind, which resulted in the right wing striking the ground, a runway excursion, impact with a fence, and a subsequent noseover.
- [NTSB GAA19CA411](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA411.md): Piper J3C · San Diego, CA · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Jul 15, 2019 · N92628 · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during landing, which resulted a ground loop.
- [NTSB GAA19CA276](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA276.md): Piper J3C · Louisa, VA · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · May 22, 2019 · N30683 · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during landing, which resulted in a runway excursion and the landing gear collapsing.
- [NTSB GAA19CA027](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA027.md): Piper J3C · Camas, WA · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Oct 13, 2018 · N6048H · Substantial damage
  > The student pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll.
- [NTSB CEN18TA330](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN18TA330.md): Piper J3C · Friendswood, TX · Accident · No injuries · Final report · Aug 13, 2018 · N42218 · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's decision to conduct a flight in an airplane that had a tailwheel with degraded locking pins, which allowed the tailwheel to unlock and swivel out of alignment and precluded the pilot from regaining directional control on the ground during a…
- [NTSB GAA18CA188](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA18CA188.md): Piper J3C · Nampa, ID · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Mar 30, 2018 · N24751 · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll.
- [NTSB ERA12CA235](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA12CA235.md): Piper J3C-65 · Douglas, GA · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Mar 17, 2012 · N3225N · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during landing, which resulted in a runway excursion. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's lack of experience in the tailwheel-equipped airplane.
- [NTSB ERA11CA174](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA11CA174.md): Piper J3C-65 · Maysvile, NC · Accident · Serious injuries · Data collection · Final report · Mar 2, 2011 · N23249 · Substantial damage
  > The pilot-rated passenger’s loss of directional control during takeoff and the pilot’s delayed remedial action, which resulted in a runway excursion and collision with trees.
- [NTSB CEN11CA121](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN11CA121.md): Piper J3C-65 · Cypress, TX · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Oct 31, 2010 · N41458 · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the airplane during landing.
- [NTSB ERA10CA339](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA10CA339.md): Piper J3C-65 · Thomaston, GA · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Jun 28, 2010 · N41242 · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during landing.
- [NTSB CEN09CA249](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09CA249.md): Piper J3C · Montrose, CO · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Apr 13, 2009 · N41427 · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the takeoff roll.
- [NTSB WPR09CA002](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR09CA002.md): Piper J3C-65 · Lynden, WA · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Oct 3, 2008 · N2146M · Substantial damage
  > The separation of the tailwheel spring retaining clip for unknown reasons, which resulted in the loss of directional control during the landing roll.

## The whole list in SQL

Runs in DuckDB 1.2 or later on the release's Parquet files over HTTPS:

```sql
SELECT c."ntsbNumber", c."eventDate", c."eventType", c."eventCity", c."eventStateOrRegion", a.n_number, a."aircraftMake", a."aircraftModel", c."highestInjuryLevel", c."totalFatal", c."completionStatus", c.report_url
FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_case_detail.parquet' c LEFT JOIN 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' a ON a.case_mkey = c."mKey" AND a.position = 1
WHERE c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('7100510')
    AND EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_events.parquet' s WHERE s.case_mkey = x.case_mkey AND s.aircrafts_position = x.position AND s."tier2Number" = '300' AND s.case_mkey IN (SELECT case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_events.parquet' WHERE "isDefiningEvent")))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence?model=7100510

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