- Date
- June 30, 1988, 17:15 local (Jul 1, 1988, 00:15 UTC)
- Place
- Rialto, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6868HPiper J3
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 8, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880630026339A
- Case key
- 26049
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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 a local flight, the engine quit while descending to the airport. A forced landing was made on a road where during the landing roll a gust of wind pushed the airplane off the road. The airplane ground looped, collided with the terrain and nosed over. Inspection of the engine revealed that the manifold cracked and separated just above the carburetor.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6868H
- Reported as
- Piper J3
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 20082
- Airframe hours
- 2,855
- Engine
- Continental A65-8, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Tarpley, David A.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 4, 1988 · 19 hours before
- Departed
- RIR · Riverside, 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
- 38
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Rear
- Flight hours
- 5,495 total · 110 in this make and model · 3,400 as pilot in command · 181 in the last 90 days · 35 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 280° at 15 knots, gusting 25
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SBD
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.