# Incident 19800101013459I: Piper L4, Mooresville, NC, January 1, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 1, 1980, 16:00 local time
- Place: Mooresville, NC
- Airport: Lake Norman
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.5836° N, 80.8283° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mooresville, NC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.5836&lon=-80.8283&mi=10
- Aircraft: N92025, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N92025-2013-06-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper J3C-65 (registry code 7100510, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-j3c-65) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C90 series (registry code 17009, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c90-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER L4
- Reported engine: CONT A759
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 550 total, 20 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800101013459I

## Narrative

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

ENGINE FAILED ON DOWNWIND LEG. THEN RAN INTERMITTENTLY. AIRCRAFT LANDED ACCESS AREA. PROPELLER & CARBURETOR DAMAGED

## Other reports on N92025 (1)

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

- [Accident 19770320006259A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770320006259A), Mar 20, 1977: Piper J3C65 (N92025), Okeechobee, FL, Destroyed. Pilot descended too low during simulated emergency ldg and could not climb over trees

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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