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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper J3L-65 · Calamont, PA · March 17, 1985

Date
March 17, 1985 · 09:30 local
Place
Calamont, PA
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N40981
Reported as
Piper J3L65
Reported engine
Continental A658F
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
217 total80 in this make and model10 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.

Aircraft encountered downdraft on takeoff, settled into trees. Takeoff from gravel road on golf course.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT ENCOUNTERED DOWNDRAFT ON TAKEOFF, SETTLED INTO TREES. TAKEOFF FROM GRAVEL ROAD ON GOLF COURSE.