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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper J3C · Purcell, OK · August 9, 1993

Date
August 9, 1993 · 20:00 local
Place
Purcell, OK
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N7039H
Reported as
Piper J3C*
Reported engine
Continental A658
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
550 total4 in this make and model10 in the last 90 days

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 sputtered and died. Forced landing in open field. Aircraft nosed over. No fuel in tank or carburetor.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE SPUTTERED AND DIED. FORCED LANDING IN OPEN FIELD. AIRCRAFT NOSED OVER. NO FUEL IN TANK OR CARBURETOR.

Other reports on N7039H · 3

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