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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper J5A · Ridgeville, IN · May 23, 1981

Date: May 23, 1981 · 14:00 local
Place: Ridgeville, IN
Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N30773
Reported as: Piper J5A
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Student
Pilot’s flight hours: 82 total1 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

N30773Registered now · Piper J5AS/N 5-254 · Built 1940 Airframe modelPiper J5A Engine modelContinental C85 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.

Forced landing due to loss of engine power. Maintenance found magnetos had extremely low spark.

As the FAA filed it

FORCED LANDING DUE TO LOSS OF ENGINE POWER. MAINTENANCE FOUND MAGNETOS HAD EXTREMELY LOW SPARK.