- Date
- July 5, 2008, 12:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place
- Lake In The Hil, IL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N30451Piper J3C-65
- Defining event
- Landing: Loss of control on ground
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 28, 2008
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 20080705843469A
- Case key
- 68642
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Probable cause
The directional control not maintained/obtained by the pilot during landing.
Findings · 1
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 airplane was landing on runway 08 (3,058 feet by 50 feet, asphalt) when it veered off the runway and impacted terrain resulting in structural damage to the airplane. The pilot was uninjured. The pilot and registered owner/operator were sent National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) Accident/Incident Report forms via Certified Mail for completion and return to the NTSB. Neither of these forms were received by the NTSB.
Factual narrative
The airplane was landing on runway 08 (3,058 feet by 50 feet, asphalt) when it veered off the runway and impacted terrain resulting in structural damage to the airplane. The pilot was uninjured. The pilot and registered owner/operator were sent National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) Accident/Incident Report forms relating to this accident for completion and return to the NTSB. Neither of these forms were received by the NTSB.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N30451
- Reported as
- Piper J3C-65
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 4840
- Engine
- Continental A&C65, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- John Graham
- Registered owner
- John Graham
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- 3CK · Lake In The Hil
- Destination
- 3CK · Lake In The Hil, IL
- Flight plan
- Unknown
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
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 60
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3
- Flight hours
- 698 total · 40 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N30451 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.