ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 353094
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| Date: | Friday 2 July 1999 |
| Time: | 14:00 LT |
| Type: |  Piper J-3C |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N3371N |
| MSN: | 22571 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1946 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 1313 hours |
| Engine model: | Continental C-90-8F |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Independence, IA -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Hutchinson, MN (HCD |
| (KIIB) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot reported she encountered severe turbulence and wind gusts of 40 to 50 knots about 10 miles from her destination airport. She reported it became difficult to control the airplane and she reported she decided to put the airplane on the ground before she lost all control. The pilot reported the weather conditions that existed near the destination airport had not been forecast when she had checked the weather about 2.5 hours prior to the accident. She attempted to land the airplane in an oat field. The airplane was traveling about 30 mph over the ground when the airplane impacted the oat field. The airplane traveled about 10 feet when the airplane went up on its nose and sustained substantial damage.
Probable Cause: The insufficient information from the weather forecast resulting in an in-flight encounter with turbulence/gusts and the subsequent precautionary landing. Contributing factors were the gusty/turbulent conditions and the terrain condition (crop).
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB CHI99LA207
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 09-Mar-2024 10:16 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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