Accident Piper J3C-65 N42523, Tuesday 6 March 2001

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Date:	Tuesday 6 March 2001
Time:	18:45 LT
Type:	Piper J3C-65
Owner/operator:	Dan Wilkinson
Registration:	N42523
MSN:	14796
Year of manufacture:	1945
Total airframe hrs:	2474 hours
Engine model:	Continental C-90
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Substantial
Category:	Accident
Location:	Morgan, UT - United States of America
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Private
Departure airport:	Morgan, UT (42U)
Destination airport:
Investigating agency:	NTSB
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
During landing roll, following the completion of a local area personal flight, the left main landing gear wheel contacted a 3 foot high snow bank on the runway edge and the aircraft nosed over. The winds were light and variable and the runway was 50 feet in width.

Probable Cause: the pilot's failure to maintain directional control during landing roll which resulted in a collision with a snow bank on the edge of the runway.

Accident investigation: