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Incident

FAA incident report · Piper J3C65 · Jacksonville, FL · September 3, 1983

Date
September 3, 1983 · 11:20 local
Place
Jacksonville, FL
Airport
Cecil Nas
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N3633N
Reported as
Piper J3C65
Reported engine
Lycoming O360A1D
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
5,520 total158 in this make and model31 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 quit in heavy rain. Emergency landing at Cecil Nas. Water saturation of air filter blocked intake airflow.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE QUIT IN HEAVY RAIN. EMERGENCY LANDING AT CECIL NAS. WATER SATURATION OF AIR FILTER BLOCKED INTAKE AIRFLOW.