# Incident 19880302011859I: Piper J3C65, Concord, CA, March 2, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 2, 1988, 14:30 local time
- Place: Concord, CA
- Airport: Buchanan Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.9897° N, 122.0569° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BUCHANAN FLD (CCR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.9897&lon=-122.0569&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1938C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1938C) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper J3C-65 (registry code 7100510, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-j3c-65) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER J3C65
- Reported engine: CONT A658
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,000 total, 400 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880302011859I

## Narrative

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

LOST PROPELLER AND END OF ENGINE CRANKSHAFT DURING DOWNWIND PORTION OF TOUCH AND GO PRACTICE. LANDED SAFELY.

## Other reports on N1938C (1)

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

- [Accident 20011122037769A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20011122037769A), Nov 22, 2001: Piper J3C65 (N1938C), Paris, TX, No damage. (-23) On November 22, 2001, at approximately 1500 central standard time, a Piper J3-65, N1938C and a Beech BE-35C, N1837D had a ground collison on a taxiway at…

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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