- Date
- February 28, 1982, 13:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place
- Yerington, NV
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N23209Piper J3-F65
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 28, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820228000899A
- Case key
- 73106
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Undershoot
Distance - misjudgedCause
Altitude - misjudgedCause
Gear collapsed
Landing gear - overloadFactor
Analysis
During final approach for a hard dirt field the pilot reported that the bottom fell out and he hit short resulting in substantial damage to the aircraft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N23209
- Reported as
- Piper J3-F65
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 2985
- Airframe hours
- 2,450
- Engine
- Continental C-75, 75 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Roger E. Bezayiff
- Registered owner
- Roger E. Bezayiff
- Departed
- Yerington, NV
- Destination
- Yerington, NV
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
- 44
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 271 total · 67 in this make and model · 220 as pilot in command · 49 in the last 90 days · 12 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 60 statute miles
- Temperature
- 140 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.