# Incident 20071021831599I: Piper J3L65, Lamar, SC, October 21, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 21, 2007, 17:00 local time
- Place: Lamar, SC
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.1695° N, 80.0651° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lamar, SC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.1695&lon=-80.0651&mi=10
- Aircraft: N30372, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N30372) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper J3L-65 (registry code 7100546, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-j3l-65) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-145B series (registry code 41502, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-145b-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER J3L65
- Reported engine: FRNKLN 4AC176B2
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 422 total, 156 in this make and model, 14 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20071021831599I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 10/21/2007 AIRCRAFT N30372, A PIPER J3L-65 S/N 4908, WAS IN CRUISE FLIGHT WHEN THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED A DROP IN ENGINE RPM. THE PILOT THEN MOVED THE THROTTLES FORWARD AND THEN NOTICED A GOLF COURSE IN THE AREA IN CASE HE HAD TO MAKE AN OFF FIELD LANDING. SHORTLY THEREAFTER THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE WENT TO IDLE POWER. THE PILOT THEN LANDED ON THE GOLF COURSE. UPON ROLL OUT THE RIGHT WING STRUT MADE CONTACT WITH A GOLF CART CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO THE WING STRUT AND CHIPPING A PIECE OFF ONE OF THE PROPELLER BLADES. NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT AND PERSON ON BOARD OR ANYONE ON THE GROUND. POSSIBLE CAUSE WAS DUE TO CARBURETOR ICING.

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