What happened
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FAA accident report · Piper J3C65 · FL · October 12, 1975
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- Date
- October 12, 1975
- Place
- FL
- Phase of flight
- Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Aircraft
- N78771
- Reported as
- Piper J3C65
- People aboard
- 1
- Fatal injuries
- 0
- Pilot’s flight hours
- 1,400 total750 in this make and model20 in the last 90 days
N78771Registration cancelled Jan 26, 2026 · Piper J-3CAirframe modelPiper J-3CEngine modelContinental C90 series
From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.