Piper J3C-65 N1412N

Summary

On 14 January 1996 at about 18:25 local time, a Piper J3C-65 registered N1412N was involved in an accident near Mount Horeb, Wisconsin, United States. 2 people were on board. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

14 January 1996 at 18:25

Classification

Accident

Location

Mount Horeb, Wisconsin, United States

Coordinates

43.0005, -89.7295

Aircraft

Piper J3C-65

Registration

N1412N

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Rockton → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Not recorded

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CHI96LA078

Injuries not recorded.

failure of the pilot to see-and-avoid the pedestrian. Factors relating to the accident were: the pilot's inadequate preflight preparation, his landing on a closed airstrip, and the snow covered terrain.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot landed at a closed airstrip after making arrangements to meet his wife there. The airstrip was marked as closed; however, it was covered with snow in the landing area. The pilot said that before landing, he saw a pedestrian along the side of the strip, who waved; he thought the pedestrian was his wife. After landing, the airplane slowed quickly on the snow covered runway. The pilot said he applied some power to continue taxiing in the snow, but the airplane was moving slowly. As the pilot was taxiing the tailwheel equipped airplane without S-turning, he was looking out the door on the right side. He said he caught a glimpse of something to his left, and at about that moment, the left strut of the airplane hit the pedestrian, who was a woman that was walking her dog on the airstrip. The pedestrian was struck in the back of the head and was seriously injured. The pilot did not obtain a weather briefing before the flight nor did he have a current sectional chart.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.