- Date
- June 12, 1983, 12:28 local (19:28 UTC)
- Place
- Tuba City, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N42762Piper J3C-65
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830612024889A
- Case key
- 23746
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot had landed in a river bed due to an encounter with and downdrafts while flying in canyons. Then a storm and flash flood threatened so he decided to takeoff. During takeoff roll a wing struck river rocks.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N42762
- Reported as
- Piper J3C-65
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15071
- Airframe hours
- 3,239
- Engine
- Continental A-65, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Frank Barbera
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · November 11, 1982 · 27 hours before
- Departed
- Page, AZ
- Destination
- Phoenix, AZ
- Flight plan
- VFR
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
- 33
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 2,518 total · 923 in this make and model · 2,450 as pilot in command · 19 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 15 knots, gusting 20
- Visibility
- 100 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F
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 N42762 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.