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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper J3 · Glasgow, MT · January 18, 1979

Date: January 18, 1979 · 14:00 local
Place: Glasgow, MT
Phase of flight: Climb
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N6195H
Reported as: Piper J3
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 500 total400 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

N6195HRegistered now · Piper J3C-65S/N 19364 · Built 1946 Airframe modelPiper J3C-65 Engine modelContinental A&C75 seriesReciprocating

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.

Engine stopped shortly after takeoff. Water in the fuel system had not been properly eliminated

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE STOPPED SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF. WATER IN THE FUEL SYSTEM HAD NOT BEEN PROPERLY ELIMINATED