# Incident 19820718046889I: Piper J3C65, Hamburg, MI, July 18, 1982

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 18, 1982, 20:55 local time
- Place: Hamburg, MI
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.4486° N, 83.8016° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hamburg, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.4486&lon=-83.8016&mi=10
- Aircraft: N222N, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N222N) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper J3C-65 (registry code 7100510, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-j3c-65) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C85 series (registry code 17008, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c85-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER J3C65
- Reported engine: CONT A65*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 141 total, 85 in this make and model, 47 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820718046889I

## Narrative

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

ENGINE RAN ROUGH FROM WATER IN FUEL. BROKE GEAR SHOCK CORD, HIT PROP ON LANDING. PREFLIGHT FUEL DRAINING INADEQUATE

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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