# Accident 19770818031209A: Piper J3C65, ID, August 18, 1977

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 18, 1977
- Place: ID
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Aircraft: N5050R, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5050R) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper J3C-65 (registry code 7100510, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-j3c-65) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental A&C65 series (registry code 17003, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-a-c65-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER J3C65
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 238 total, 50 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770818031209A

## Narrative

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

No narrative was filed.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

## Other reports on N5050R (2)

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

- [Accident 20250725009629A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250725009629A), Jul 25, 2025: Piper J3C-65 (N5050R), Dillingham, AK, Substantial damage, 1 fatal. Pilot doing touch and goes. Departed runway 19 on second touch and go, engine quit at approximitley 200 feet AGL, restarted momentarily, aircraft stalled and…
- [Accident 20070923021679A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070923021679A), Sep 23, 2007: Piper J3C65 (N5050R), Tyonek, AK, Substantial damage. (-23) Pilot lost control of aircraft while on takeoff from an unimproved strip approximately 20 miles west of beluga lake. Pilot states he had not achieved…

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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