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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper J3C-65 · Lepanto, AR · October 5, 2016

Date: October 5, 2016 · 08:30 local
Place: Lepanto, AR
Phase of flight: Unknown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N3418N
Reported as: Piper J3C-65
Reported engine: Continental A&C65 series
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Student
Pilot’s flight hours: 60 total60 in this make and model5 in the last 90 days

N3418NRegistered now · Piper J3C-65S/N 22623 Airframe modelPiper J3C-65 Engine modelContinental A&C65 seriesReciprocating

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

On October 5, 2016, at approximately 08:30 CDT, N3418N, a Piper J3 cub aircraft, registered to privacy data omitted, was found to have minor damage after civil air patrol located the aircraft searching for an active emergency locator beacon. When the aircraft was located, it was tied down in its normal location at an agricultural airstrip located south of Lepanto, AR. When the owner was contacted, he stated that he had not flown the aircraft nor had he authorized anyone to fly the aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

ON OCTOBER 5, 2016, AT APPROXIMATELY 08:30 CDT, N3418N, A PIPER J3 CUB AIRCRAFT, REGISTERED TO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, WAS FOUND TO HAVE MINOR DAMAGE AFTER CIVIL AIR PATROL LOCATED THE AIRCRAFT SEARCHING FOR AN ACTIVE EMERGENCY LOCATOR BEACON. WHEN THE AIRCRAFT WAS LOCATED, IT WAS TIED DOWN IN ITS NORMAL LOCATION AT AN AGRICULTURAL AIRSTRIP LOCATED SOUTH OF LEPANTO, AR. WHEN THE OWNER WAS CONTACTED, HE STATED THAT HE HAD NOT FLOWN THE AIRCRAFT NOR HAD HE AUTHORIZED ANYONE TO FLY THE AIRCRAFT.