- Date
- February 10, 1988, 16:30 local (23:30 UTC)
- Place
- Cody, WY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7468Piper J3C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 30, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880210002309A
- Case key
- 17446
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
During an attempted landing at a private airstrip which was covered by 5-6 inches of dry powdered snow, the acft touched down. It pitched forward and nosed over. After the acft came to rest, the pilot got out of the acft, examined the landing gear, and discovered the landing wheels were frozen preventing the wheels from rotating. The wheels had frozen during flt with an accumulation of ice and snow. Prior to the flt the plt had taxiied in snow 6-8 inches in depth, according to the plt. During the before takeoff taxiing in snow the plt said he used the brakes.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7468
- Reported as
- Piper J3C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 10249
- Airframe hours
- 3,088
- Engine
- Continental C85-8F, 85 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Lee Kennan Hermann
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · May 1, 1988 · 121 hours before
- Departed
- COD · Cody, WY
- Airport
- Cecil Field, runway 9, 2,500 × 75 ft, dirt
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
- 51
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 3,091 total · 515 in this make and model · 3,077 as pilot in command · 49 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 19 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.