# Accident 19760711018589A: Piper J5A, Camden, ME, July 11, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 11, 1976
- Place: Camden, ME
- Airport: Pearse Strip
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Location: 44.2138° N, 69.0685° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Camden, ME, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.2138&lon=-69.0685&mi=10
- Aircraft: N38633, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N38633) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper J5A (registry code 7100702, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-j5a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER J5A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 126 total, 16 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC76FNC56](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC76FNC56) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760711018589A

## Narrative

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

FUSELAGE TANK EMPTY,WING TANK HELD A TRACE AND FUEL STRAINER BOWL WAS EMPTY.

## 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 NYC76FNC56](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC76FNC56), Jul 11, 1976: Piper J5A (N38633), Camden, ME, substantial damage

## Other reports on N38633 (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20170927014189A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170927014189A), Sep 27, 2017: Piper J5A (N38633), Geneseo, NY, Substantial damage. On September 27, 2017 ^Mr. Bonneau^ lost control of the aircraft he was hand propping. The aircraft was unrestrained except for the assistant (who is not an…
- [Incident 19910114000529I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910114000529I), Jan 14, 1991: Piper J5A (N38633), Broadalbin, NY, Minor damage. Left ski struck a snowdrift while taxiing on lake. Tail rose and right wing tip hit ice.

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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