# Incident 20010829029019I: Piper J3F60, St Petersburg, FL, August 29, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 29, 2001, 08:35 local time
- Place: St Petersburg, FL
- Airport: Albert Whitted Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.7651° N, 82.6269° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ALBERT WHITTED (SPG), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.7651&lon=-82.6269&mi=10
- Aircraft: N24881, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N24881-2018-11-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper J3F-60 (registry code 7100532, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-j3f-60) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C85 series (registry code 17008, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c85-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER J3F60
- Reported engine: CONT A758
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 28,000 total, 1,500 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010829029019I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON AUGUST 29, 2001, AT 8:35 LOCAL TIME, A PIPER J-3, N24881, REGISTERED TO TILTON RUSSELL F TRUSTEE LOST POWER AFTER TAKEOFF FROM ALBERT WHITTED AIRPORT (SPG) IN ST. PETERSBURG, FLORIDA. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE AND THE CERTIFIED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR AND SECOND IN COMMAND SUSTAINED NO INJURIES. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT ALBERT WHITTED AIRPORT (SPG) IN ST. PETERSBURG FLORIDA ON AUGUST 29, 2001 AT 8:25 LOCAL TIME.

## Other reports on N24881 (1)

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

- [Accident 19750712019009A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750712019009A), Jul 12, 1975: Piper J3F60 (N24881), Canaan, CT, Substantial damage. Acft last annual inspection oct 10,1972. No cert of registration in acft. Lndd in corn field.

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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