- Date
- March 31, 1991, 11:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place
- Arbuckle, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N42257Piper J3
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 30, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910331008099A
- Case key
- 27155
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Probable cause
That the pilot used excessive brakes during the landing roll-out.
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
The pilot landed at a privately owned open field. He had previously landed in the field but not in this tailwheel airplane. During the landing roll-out the pilot applied excessive braking and the airplane nosed over onto its back.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N42257
- Reported as
- Piper J3
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 14507
- Engine
- Continental A-65-8, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Sacramento Aero Services, doing business as American Aero Club
- Last inspection
- Unknown · January 2, 2000
- Departed
- Q96 · Sacramento, 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
- 44
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 3,226 total · 26 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 30° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.