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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper J3 · Elba, NE · July 2, 1978

Date
July 2, 1978 · 14:30 local
Place
Elba, NE
Airport
Private
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N42829
Reported as
Piper J3
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
148 total57 in this make and model0 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 unable to clear fence at the end of 1400 foot takeoff run due to high OAT and resulting density altitude.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT UNABLE TO CLEAR FENCE AT THE END OF 1400 FOOT TAKEOFF RUN DUE TO HIGH OAT AND RESULTING DENSITY ALTITUDE.