19771023034399A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper J3C-65 · Ft Pierce, FL · October 23, 1977

Date
October 23, 1977
Place
Ft Pierce, FL
Airport
St Lucie County
Phase of flight
Starting Engines
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N70701
NTSB investigation
NTSBMIA78DLD06
Reported as
Piper J3C65
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
536 total7 in this make and model160 in the last 90 days

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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pilot proped aircraft with no tie down. Aircraft jumped chocks,hit hangar.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT PROPED AIRCRAFT WITH NO TIE DOWN.AIRCRAFT JUMPED CHOCKS,HIT HANGAR.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.