- Date
- August 3, 1985, 19:45 local (23:45 UTC)
- Place
- Quakertown, PA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N92279Piper J3C-65
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850803036259A
- Case key
- 35935
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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
The acft collided with wires during a lndg attempt. The acft was thrown out of control and dragged a wing after which it nosed over. The plt said that he thought the wires had been cleared. He was trying to put the acft right at the edge of the field because of the short lndg distance.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N92279
- Reported as
- Piper J3C-65
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 16740
- Airframe hours
- 3,100
- Engine
- Continental A-65-8, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Posey Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 9, 1985 · 30 hours before
- Departed
- Van Sant, PA
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
- 30
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 62 total · 62 in this make and model · 50 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Temperature
- 79 °F
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 N92279 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.