# Incident 20040828025589I: Piper J3C65, Shell Key, FL, August 28, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 28, 2004, 15:20 local time
- Place: Shell Key, FL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N70673, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N70673) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper J3C-65 (registry code 7100510, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-j3c-65) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER J3C65
- Reported engine: LYC O290D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 540 total, 300 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040828025589I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON AUGUST 18, 2004, AT 1520 LOCAL TIME, A J3C-65, N70673, REGISTERED TO THOMAS W. MERRIFIELD, HAD ENGINE TROUBLE AND LANDED ON SHELL KEY, FLORIDA WHILE BANNER TOWING. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND A FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED NO DAMAGE AND THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT ALBERT WHITED AIRPORT (SPG) AT APPROXIMATELY 14:30 LOCAL TIME ON AUGUST 18, 2004.

## Other reports on N70673 (3)

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

- [Accident 20000820011219A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000820011219A), Aug 20, 2000: Piper J3C65 (N70673), St Petersburg, FL, Substantial damage. (-23) Upon landing a/c nosed over striking propellor on runway and came to rest inverted on runway. (.4)on August 20, 2000, at about 1112 eastern daylight…
- [Incident 19910824048879I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910824048879I), Aug 24, 1991: Piper J3C65 (N70673), St Petersburg, FL, Minor damage. Pilot stated as he turned onto taxiway a gust lifted tail and propeller struck ground. Wind was gusting at time.
- [Accident 19850112000679A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850112000679A), Jan 12, 1985: Piper J3C65 (N70673), St Petersburg, FL, Substantial damage. Landed, turned off on taxiway. Aircraft struck an airplane tied down on the north side of the taxiway.

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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