# Accident 19760808026639A: Piper J3C65, Ooltewah, TN, August 8, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 8, 1976
- Place: Ooltewah, TN
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Location: 35.0723° N, 85.0545° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Ooltewah, TN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.0723&lon=-85.0545&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1360M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1360M-1976-10-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper J3C-65 (registry code 7100510, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-j3c-65) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER J3C65
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 300 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD76AI090](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD76AI090) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760808026639A

## Narrative

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

ON/OFF FUEL SELECT CABLE LOOSE AT VALVE HANDLE.

## 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 IAD76AI090](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD76AI090), Aug 8, 1976: Piper J-3 (N1360M), Ooltewah, TN, substantial damage, 1 fatal

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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