# Incident 20070525015389I: Piper J3C65, Northampton, MA, May 25, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 25, 2007, 10:05 local time
- Place: Northampton, MA
- Airport: Northampton
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.3280° N, 72.6112° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NORTHAMPTON (7B2), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.3280&lon=-72.6112&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3482N, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3482N-2020-02-11) (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 C65*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 200 total, 17 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070525015389I

## Narrative

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

(-23) DURING AN INITIAL ATTEMPT TO START HIS AIRPLANE, THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ FLOODED THE ENGINE. HE THEN APPLIED FULL THROTTLE AND SHUT OFF THE MAGNETOS. HE THEN TURNED THE PROPELLER BY HAND TO CLEAR THE CYLINDERS OF FUEL. DURING THE SECOND START ATTEMPT THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ FAILED TO PULL THE THROTTLE BACK TO IDLE. WHEN THE ENGINE STARTED IT WAS AT FULL THROTTLE AND THE AIRCRAFT STARTED ON AN OPERATORLESS TAXI. THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT TIED DOWN AND THE WHEELS WERE NOT CHOCKED. THE AIRCRAFT PROCEEDED ACROSS THE RAMP AND THEN THE RUNWAY AND AFTER FIVE OR SIX HUNDRED YARDS THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN A FIELD. THE LANDING GEAR WAS RIPPED OFF THE AIRCRAFT AND THE PROPELLER WAS BENT DUE TO GROUND CONTACT. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES WHILE ATTEMPTING TO STOP THE AIRCRAFT.

## Other reports on N3482N (1)

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

- [Incident 20190831011549I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190831011549I), Aug 31, 2019: Piper J3C-65 (N3482N), Warwick, NY, Minor damage. Subject aircraft was forced to make an emergency landing in wickham lake short of runway 03 at Warwick Municipal Airport (KN72). A certified flight instructor…

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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