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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper J3C-65 · Meriden, CT · June 24, 1991

Date: June 24, 1991 · 19:45 local
Place: Meriden, CT
Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N25869
Reported as: Piper J3C65
Reported engine: Continental A658
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 17,000 total3,000 in this make and model150 in the last 90 days

N25869Registered now · Piper J3C-65S/N 3818 · Built 1939 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.

Engine vibrating. Landed in field. Section of propeller tip missing. Failure due to water impregnation.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE VIBRATING. LANDED IN FIELD. SECTION OF PROPELLER TIP MISSING. FAILURE DUE TO WATER IMPREGNATION.