- Date
- May 4, 1984, 11:05 local (15:05 UTC)
- Place
- New Smyrna Bch, FL
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N98606Piper J-3
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840504016049A
- Case key
- 31134
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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.
On ground/water encounter with weather
Planning/decision - improperCause
Overconfidence in aircraft's abilityFactor
Weather condition - high windFactor
Weather condition - gustsFactor
Nose over
Analysis
While the plt was taxing onto the rwy, the wind picked up the right wing & the acft was blown inverted. The winds were gusting 30 KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N98606
- Reported as
- Piper J-3
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18828
- Airframe hours
- 4,934
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-E, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 91
- Registered owner
- Nielsen Frederek S.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Airport
- 34J · New Smyrna Beach, runway 20, 3,215 × 100 ft, asphalt
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
- 23
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 1,241 total · 122 in this make and model · 1,088 as pilot in command · 486 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 20° at 20 knots, gusting 30
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
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 N98606 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.