44.0079° N, 73.1576° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Middlebury, VT, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
July 8, 1984 · 12:00 local
Place
Middlebury, VT
Airport
Middlebury
Phase of flight
Descent
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N20782
Reported as
Piper J3C65
Reported engine
Continental A658
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,500 total500 in this make and model1 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 sputtered during acrobatics near airport. Damage occurred on landing. No inverted flight fuel system.
As the FAA filed it
ENGINE SPUTTERED DURING ACROBATICS NEAR AIRPORT. DAMAGE OCCURRED ON LANDING. NO INVERTED FLIGHT FUEL SYSTEM.