# Incident 19930328010779I: Piper J3C65, Hanceville, AL, March 28, 1993

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 28, 1993, 18:00 local time
- Place: Hanceville, AL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.0640° N, 86.7644° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hanceville, AL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0640&lon=-86.7644&mi=10
- Aircraft: N92480, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N92480) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper J3C-65 (registry code 7100510, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-j3c-65) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental A&C65 series (registry code 17003, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-a-c65-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER J3C65
- Reported engine: CONT A65*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 260 total, 75 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930328010779I

## Narrative

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

ENGINE COUGHED ON INITIAL CLIMB. LANDED SAME RUNWAY. DEPARTED END AND NOSED OVER IN CORN FIELD.

## Other reports on N92480 (1)

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

- [Accident 20260410004139A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20260410004139A), Apr 10, 2026: Piper J3C-65 (N92480), Baker, FL, Substantial damage. During climb out after departing from the Long Branch airfield, the aircraft's engine lost power. Pilot attempted to return to airport but stalled and clipped…

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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