# NTSB Accident CHI99LA207
> **Piper J-3C** · 1999-07-02 · INDEPENDENCE, IA, USA · NONE
## Event
- **NTSB number:** CHI99LA207
- **Event ID:** 20001212X19175
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 1999-07-02
- **Location:** INDEPENDENCE, IA, USA
- **Coordinates:** 42.460884, -91.889739
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** NONE
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 1
- **Total aboard:** 1
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Piper
- **Model:** J-3C
- **Registration:** N3371N
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## 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).

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