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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper J3C-65 · Alexander City, AL · August 12, 1995

Date
August 12, 1995 · 13:35 local
Place
Alexander City, AL
Airport
Thomas C Russell Fld Airport
Phase of flight
Forced Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N25725
Reported as
Piper J3C65
Reported engine
Continental A758
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,800 total300 in this make and model30 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.

Lost power on final. Landed between power lines and homes. Engine to be inspected for partial power loss.

As the FAA filed it

LOST POWER ON FINAL. LANDED BETWEEN POWER LINES AND HOMES. ENGINE TO BE INSPECTED FOR PARTIAL POWER LOSS.