Piper J-3 N3223N
16 September 1999 · Brookville, Ohio, United States · Fatal
Summary
On 16 September 1999 at about 12:46 local time, a Piper J-3 registered N3223N was involved in an accident near Brookville, Ohio, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.
The record
- Date
- at 12:46
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Brookville, Ohio, United States
- Coordinates
- 39.8294, -84.4106
- Aircraft
- Piper J-3
- Registration
- N3223N
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- CHI99FA343
People
1 person died.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Probable cause
the stall/spin encountered by the pilot. A factor was the intentional slow flight.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
The airplane was destroyed on impact with level terrain and a post impact fire. A witness said, 'We saw the plane facing northeast, the plane appeared to be hovering, or facing into the wind and hardly moving forward. He banked out of that, flew a circuit and did the same hovering maneuver again, then went into a spin. We heard the engine cut off, come back on, then go off again. It disappeared below the trees and we saw smoke rise above the trees.' The fuselage aft of the cockpit was bent downward approximately 30 degrees. Control system continuity was established. All flight control cables were found intact. The horizontal stabilizer jackscrew indicated nose down trim. The engine was found to rotate freely and engine continuity was established. The upper set of spark plugs were examined and no anomalies were detected. Thumb compression was established on cylinders 2,3 and 4. Cylinder number 1 was removed and no anomalies were detected. The left magneto was removed and was found to produce a spark when rotated by hand. The right magneto did not produce a spark and had evidence of heat damage.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Piper J-3 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 Apr 1999 | Piper J-3 | Vancouver, Washington, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 17 Aug 2000 | Piper J-3 | Anchorage, Alaska, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 14 May 2000 | Piper J-3 | Boca Raton, Florida, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 30 Mar 1997 | Piper J-3 | Soldotna, Alaska, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 17 Dec 1997 | Piper J-3 | Valley Center, Kansas, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 7 Sep 1997 | Piper J-3 | Jordan, Montana, United States | - | Fatal | 2 |
Other accidents in this area
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 Oct 1999 | Cessna 210L | Medina, Ohio, United States | - | Fatal | 2 |
| 26 Aug 1999 | Cessna 150 | Madison, Ohio, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 22 Dec 1999 | Cessna 182P | Port Clinton, Ohio, United States | - | Serious injuries | - |
| 15 Jan 1999 | Cessna 421B | Youngstown, Ohio, United States | Hawkeye Charter Service, Inc | No injuries | - |
| 9 May 1999 | Cessna 205 | Celina, Ohio, United States | Robert J. Tangeman | Fatal | 6 |
| 28 Oct 1999 | Loral GZ-22 | Mogadore, Ohio, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |