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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper J3C-65 · Monmouth Beach, NJ · July 4, 1983

Date
July 4, 1983 · 16:55 local
Place
Monmouth Beach, NJ
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N27016
Reported as
Piper J3C65
Reported engine
Lycoming O320A2B
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
7,000 total300 in this make and model5 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.

Unable to release banner. Short on fuel. Made a hard landing on an island. Noncompliance items and airworthiness.

As the FAA filed it

UNABLE TO RELEASE BANNER. SHORT ON FUEL. MADE A HARD LANDING ON AN ISLAND. NONCOMPLIANCE ITEMS AND AIRWORTHINESS.