# Incident 19980830046019I: Piper J3C65, Plainfield, IL, August 30, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 30, 1998, 16:15 local time
- Place: Plainfield, IL
- Airport: Clow Internation Airport
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.6294° N, 88.2456° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Plainfield, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6294&lon=-88.2456&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7624B, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7624B) (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: 2,500 total, 300 in this make and model, 36 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980830046019I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON AUGUST 30, 1998 AT 4:00PM, DST, A PIPER J3-C65 DEPARTED CLOW AIRPORT, PLAINFIELD, IL ON A TEST FLIGHT TO "BREAK-IN" IN NEWLY OVERHAULED ENGINE. ON DESCENT TO LANDING, CARBURETOR HEAT WAS APPLIED.  AN EXCESSIVELY RICH MIXTURE WAS ENCOUNTERED.  THE CARBURETOR DOES NOT HAVE A REMOTE MIXTURE CONTROL.  THE ENGINE QUIT BEFORE THE CARBURETOR HEAT COULD BE TURNED OFF.  THE AIRCRAFT LANDED IN A FIELD APPROX. 1/2 MILE FROM THE SOUTH END OF CLOW AIRPORT.  NO DAMAGE OR FIRE TO THE AIRCRAFT.  NO INJURIES TO THE COMMERCIALLY RATED PILOT.  NOTHING FOLLOWS.

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