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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper J3C-65 · Statesboro, GA · June 12, 1979

Date
June 12, 1979 · 09:40 local
Place
Statesboro, GA
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N87895
Reported as
Piper J3C65
Reported engine
Continental A6512
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
8,000 total2,000 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.

Engine stopped during powerline patrol. May have been fuel exhaustion.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE STOPPED DURING POWERLINE PATROL. MAY HAVE BEEN FUEL EXHAUSTION.

Other reports on N87895 · 1

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