Incident Piper J3C-65 Cub N3280N,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 145489
 
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Date:Sunday 6 May 2012
Time:c. 16:00 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic J3 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Piper J3C-65 Cub
Owner/operator:Private
Registration: N3280N
MSN: 22476
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Location:Private airstrip at 96 Southampton Road, Westhampton, MA -   United States of America
Phase: Taxi
Nature:Training
Departure airport:Private airstrip in Westhampton, MA
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
The pilot of a Piper J3C-65 Cub, intended to make a solo training flight, lost control while taxiing at a private owned airstrip at 96 Southampton Road, Westhampton, Massachusetts. The right wing clipped a tree line and the aircraft jutted into the grass nose first.

The pilot escaped with minor injuries and was taken to Cooley Dickinson Hospital in Northampton.

Sources:

http://www.masslive.com/news/index.ssf/2012/05/plane_crashed_in_westhampton_o.html
http://web.archive.org/web/20120625101912/http://www.wwlp.com/dpp/news/local/franklin/Small-plane-crash-in-Westhampton
http://www.westernmassnews.com/story/18159917/small-plane-crashes-in-westhampton
http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=N3280N

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
07-May-2012 13:24 gerard57 Added
07-May-2012 21:54 vvvww Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Source, Narrative]
08-May-2012 05:53 RobertMB Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]

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