- Date
- April 21, 2022, 13:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place
- Hartford, WI
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N9721YPiper-Harris J3C-65
- Defining event
- Taxi-from runway: Loss of control on ground
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- Parties
- Flight Standards District Office
- FAA report
- 20220421005679A
- Case key
- 104988
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
The flight instructor lost control of the airplane while taxiing in gusty wind conditions.
Findings · 3
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The flight instructor reported that the airplane was slowed to taxi speed after a full stop landing. While the flight instructor taxied toward the ramp during gusty wind conditions, the left wing raised up and the airplane subsequently nosed over. The vertical stabilizer and both wing struts sustained substantial damage. The flight instructor reported that there were no mechanical malfunctions or failures that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9721Y
- Reported as
- Piper-Harris J3C-65
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 2451
- Built
- 1938
- Airframe hours
- 4,927
- Engine
- Continental C85, 85 hp, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · March 3, 2022
- Departed
- HXF · Hartford, WI
- Destination
- HXF · Hartford, WI
- Airport
- HXF · Hartford Municipal Aiport, runway 27, 3,401 × 75 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew · 2
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Flight instructor
- Age
- 37
- Injuries
- None
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial, Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- June 8, 2021
- Seat
- Front
- Restraint
- Lap only
- Flight hours
- 699 total · 197 in this make and model · 625 as pilot in command · 57 in the last 90 days · 15 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 55
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- March 14, 2022
- Seat
- Rear
- Restraint
- Lap only
- Flight hours
- 344 total · 14 in this make and model · 180 as pilot in command · 9 in the last 90 days · 8 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 22 knots, gusting 35
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point 32 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.11 inHg
- Observed at
- KETB, 12 nm away
- METAR
- KETB 211755Z AUTO 27022G35KT 230V290 10SM CLR 16/00 A3011 RMK AO2
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on May 10, 2022, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 2.2 MB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.