- Date
- June 29, 1992, 10:30 local (14:30 UTC)
- Place
- Waynesville, OH
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N92483Piper J3
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 31, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920629022269A
- Case key
- 37186
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain control of the airplane on the ground due to his lack of experience in type of aircraft. This resulted in an unsuccessful aborted takeoff, the airplane veering off the runway and nosing over. A factor in this accident was the pilot's improper recovery from a bounced landing.
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
While attempting a landing on a grass runway, the aircraft bounced and porpoised to the left side of the runway. The pilot then aborted the landing by applying full power; however, the airplane proceeded off the right side of the runway under full power, where the landing gear became entangled in long weeds and the airplane nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N92483
- Reported as
- Piper J3
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 16955
- Airframe hours
- 9,370
- Engine
- Continental A-65-8, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Stewarts Aircraft Service
- Registered owner
- Stewarts Aircraft Service
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 5, 1992 · 39 hours before
- Airport
- 40I · Waynesville, runway 26, 3,100 × 150 ft, grass/turf
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
- 50
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Rear
- Flight hours
- 336 total · 4 in this make and model · 336 as pilot in command · 4 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 64 °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 N92483 · 4
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.