# NTSB LAX84LA145: Piper J-3 CUB, N42077, Lompoc, CA, January 14, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: January 14, 1984, 12:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place: Lompoc, CA
- Coordinates: 34.599548, -120.390846 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.5995&lon=-120.3908&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 24145
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX84LA145
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/24145/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX84LA145

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- On ground/water collision with object, taxi - to takeoff
  - visual lookout - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - visual/aural perception, pilot in command (cause)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N42077-1992-04-21), registration cancelled 1992-04-21, S/N 14304 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER J-3 CUB
- Registry model: [Piper J3C-65](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-j3c-65) (registry code 7100510) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 14304
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 51; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19840114001421A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840114001421A), Jan 14, 1984: Piper J3, Lompoc, CA, Substantial damage. Failed to see another aircraft opposite traffic N6592B on the taxiway. Collided with the stopped aircraft.

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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