- Date
- March 28, 1988, 16:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- Downingtown, PA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N7170HPiper J-3
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 29, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880328070019A
- Case key
- 36122
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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 pilot was performing touch and go wheel landings. During an approach the pilot came in too low and the right main landing gear impacted an electric power pole. The pilot landed the aircraft on a grass strip with only the left main gear then flipped inverted.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7170H
- Reported as
- Piper J-3
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 20427
- Airframe hours
- 5,800
- Engine
- Continental A-65-8, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Michael L. Shannon
- Registered owner
- Shannon Aviation Corp
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Airport
- N25 · Shannon, runway 20, 2,653 × 40 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
- 33
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Rear
- Flight hours
- 9,100 total · 395 in this make and model · 8,052 as pilot in command · 2 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 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.