# Incident 20161005024659I: Piper J3C-65, Lepanto, AR, October 5, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 5, 2016, 08:30 local time
- Place: Lepanto, AR
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Unknown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.6085° N, 90.3330° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lepanto, AR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.6085&lon=-90.3330&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3418N, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3418N) (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: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 60 total, 60 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20161005024659I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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