# NTSB LAX66F0150: Piper J3C, N1432N, Wendover, NV, October 28, 1965

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: October 28, 1965
- Place: Wendover, NV · WENDOVER, NV
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report February 3, 1966
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 174219
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX66F0150
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX66F0150

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-3657  65/10/28   WENDOVER NEV        PIPER J3C           CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             STUDENT, AGE 32, 12 TOTAL
        TIME - 0930                    N1432N              PX-  0  0  0  PRACTICE                  HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - BUSH-LELAND
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE                                 TAXI: FROM LANDING
           COLLIDED WITH: PARKED AIRCRAFT                           TAXI: FROM LANDING
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL
        REMARKS- PARKED AIRCRAFT CESSNA 170 N1211D SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N1432N](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1432N), registered now, S/N 22956, built 1947 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER J3C
- Registry model: [Piper J3C-65](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-j3c-65) (registry code 7100510) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental C90 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c90-series) (registry code 17009, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Bush-Leland

## Other investigations on N1432N (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB DEN69D0249](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN69D0249), May 22, 1969: Piper J3C (N1432N), Garden City, UT, substantial damage

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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