19881001062069I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper J3C-65 · Jimtown, OK · October 1, 1988

Date: October 1, 1988 · 14:00 local
Place: Jimtown, OK
Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N3245N
Reported as: Piper J3C65
Reported engine: Continental A658
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 2,000 total1,000 in this make and model12 in the last 90 days

N3245NRegistered now · Piper J3C-65S/N 22436 · Built 1946 Airframe modelPiper J3C-65 Engine modelContinental A&C65 seriesReciprocating

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.

Throttle linkage locked in near idle position. Forced landing on sandbar.

As the FAA filed it

THROTTLE LINKAGE LOCKED IN NEAR IDLE POSITION. FORCED LANDING ON SANDBAR.