- Date
- January 14, 1984, 12:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- Lompoc, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N42077Piper J-3 CUB
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840114001421A
- Case key
- 24145
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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.
Analysis
During taxi from landing N42077 taxied into N6592B which had pulled to the right side of the taxiway and stopped to avoid the on-coming acft. The plt of N42077 stated to an FAA inspector that he 'used poor judgement in taxiing.'
Aircraft
- Registration
- N42077
- Reported as
- Piper J-3 CUB
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 14304
- Engine
- Continental A-65, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Monte J. Finley
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 11, 1983 · 13 hours before
- Departed
- LPC · Lompoc, CA
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
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 16 total · 12 in this make and model · 1 as pilot in command · 12 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.