N88204 is a Piper J3C-65. It is a fixed-wing single-engine aircraft with 2 seats, powered by a Cont Motor C90-12F rated at 95 horsepower. The registration is active, with the registrant based in Woodbury, MN. Its standard airworthiness certificate was issued in May 2020. It has been registered to its current owner since Oct 2024. This page also carries 1 NTSB event.
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The pilot planned a personal flight to a nearby airport that had recently added new runways. Before the flight, his flight instructor sent him an airport diagram with the new grass runway marked, which was parallel to an asphalt runway. After the pilot reviewed the diagram, he thought he knew where to expect the new grass runway.
While in the traffic pattern at the destination airport, the pilot noticed a large open grass space below him, so he landed the airplane. The pilot landed to the east but thought he had landed to the west. The area that he landed on was not the grass runway; while completing a fast taxi, the airplane collided with a runway marker for the north-south runway. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the fuselage and left wing spar.
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About the Piper J3C-65
About the modelThe J-3 Cub: a two-seat tandem taildragger with a fabric-covered steel-tube fuselage, flown solo from the rear seat. Among the most recognisable light aircraft ever built.