# Accident 19750805021989A: Piper J3C65, Sacandaga Rsvr, NY, August 5, 1975

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 5, 1975
- Place: Sacandaga Rsvr, NY
- Airport: Sacandaga Rsvr
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Aircraft: N31066 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER J3C65
- Reported engine: CONT
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,046 total, 838 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC76DFA05](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC76DFA05) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750805021989A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

TKOF FM RESERVOIR,FAILURE OF CONNECTING ROD NR 4 CYLINDER CAUSED ENGINE SEIZURE.ACFT FLOAT EQPD.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB NYC76DFA05](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC76DFA05), Aug 5, 1975: Piper J-3 (N31066), Sacandaga Rsvr, NY, substantial damage

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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