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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper J3C-65 · Wasilla, AK · July 22, 1973

Date
July 22, 1973
Place
Wasilla, AK
Airport
Wasilla
Phase of flight
Forced/Precautionary Landing
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N70656
NTSB investigation
NTSBANC74GAG10
Reported as
Piper J3C65
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
392 total392 in this make and model17 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Sparkplug blew out inflt. Failed to use pwr avail to clr trees shrt of rwy.4HRS since ovrhaul.

As the FAA filed it

SPARKPLUG BLEW OUT INFLT.FAILED TO USE PWR AVAIL TO CLR TREES SHRT OF RWY.4HRS SINCE OVRHAUL.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.