# Incident 19830903067809I: Piper J3C65, Jacksonville, FL, September 3, 1983

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 3, 1983, 11:20 local time
- Place: Jacksonville, FL
- Airport: Cecil Nas
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.3322° N, 81.6557° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Jacksonville, FL, within about 15 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.3322&lon=-81.6557&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3633N (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER J3C65
- Reported engine: LYC O360A1D
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,520 total, 158 in this make and model, 31 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830903067809I

## Narrative

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

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

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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