# Incident 20100212027299I: Piper J3C-65, Boerne, TX, February 12, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 12, 2010, 11:10 local time
- Place: Boerne, TX
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.7849° N, 98.7279° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Boerne, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.7849&lon=-98.7279&mi=10
- Aircraft: N70997, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N70997) (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 J3C-65
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR A&C65 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 2,300 total, 400 in this make and model, 250 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100212027299I

## Narrative

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

PILOT STATED WHILE FLYING AT 1500 AGL HE EXPERIENCED ENGINE POWER LOSS.  HE DECIDED T0 MAKE A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON INTERSTATE 10.  PILOT SUSPECTED CARBURETOR ICE.

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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