# Incident 19860702059729I: Piper J3C65, Kidron, OH, July 2, 1986

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 2, 1986, 16:35 local time
- Place: Kidron, OH
- Airport: Spoltzfus
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.7478° N, 81.7475° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Kidron, OH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7478&lon=-81.7475&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7440H, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7440H) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper J3C-65 (registry code 7100510, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-j3c-65) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental A75-8 (registry code 17079, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-a75-8) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER J3C65
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860702059729I

## Narrative

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

STRUCK POWERLINES ON FINAL. ABANDONED APPROACH AND DEPARTED AREA WITH DAMAGED WINGTIP.

## Other reports on N7440H (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19960407006229A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960407006229A), Apr 7, 1996: Piper J3C65 (N7440H), Midlothian, TX, Substantial damage. Aircraft making low pass over airport to drop candy when it hooked its left wheel on power line and crashed. (-23) pilot was flying J3 cub and carrying easter…

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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