# Incident 20080119000319I: Piper J3L65, Garberville, CA, January 19, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 19, 2008, 15:00 local time
- Place: Garberville, CA
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.1003° N, 123.7943° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Garberville, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.1003&lon=-123.7943&mi=10
- Aircraft: N30558, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N30558) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper J3L-65 (registry code 7100546, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-j3l-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 J3L65
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 212 total, 190 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080119000319I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT IS CERTIFIED AS AN EXPERIMENTAL LIGHT SPORT AIRCRAFT (E-LSA). THE ENGINE WAS OVERHAULED 02/22/1999 TACH TIME 551.8. THE ENGINE FAILED IN FLIGHT WITH 103.1 HOURS SINCE MAJOR OVERHAUL. THE NUMBER ONE CYLINDER ROD BROKE AND CAUSED A 2-INCH HOLE IN THE ENGINE CASE. THE ENGINE HAS BEEN OPERATED VERY LITTLE IN THE LAST NINE YEARS AND ONLY OPERATED THREE TIMES IN THE LAST TWO YEARS.

## Other reports on N30558 (2)

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

- [Incident 20081025854629I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20081025854629I), Oct 25, 2008: Piper J3L65 (N30558), Garberville, CA, Minor damage. (-23) Saturday night at 1832 hours I touched down my 1940 Piper cub sport trainer J-3, serial number 4928, at the cub's home airport: Garberville (O16). One…
- [Accident 19751222041919A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19751222041919A), Dec 22, 1975: Piper J3L65 (N30558), Santa Monica, CA, Substantial damage. Lnd on golf course. Plt stated oil press low drg runup.

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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