# Accident 20190825014789A: Piper J3C-65, Russiaville, IN, August 25, 2019

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 25, 2019, 17:30 local time
- Place: Russiaville, IN
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.4053° N, 86.2428° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.4053&lon=-86.2428&mi=10
- Aircraft: N49614, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N49614-2021-02-27) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,231 total, 171 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN19TA293](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN19TA293) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190825014789A

## Narrative

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

ON AUGUST 25, 2019, AT APPROXIMATELY 1730 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME, A 1945 PIPER J3C-65 AIRCRAFT, N49614, SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE FOLLOWING A COLLISION WITH A FENCE WHILE PERFORMING AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN A PLOWED FIELD LOCATED NEAR RUSSIAVILLE, INDIANA.

THE PRIVATE PILOT AND ONE PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED. THE AIRCRAFT IS REGISTERED TO THE PILOT AND OPERATED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS PART 91 AS A PERSONAL FLIGHT.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED OR REQUIRED.

THE PILOT STATED APPROXIMATELY 15 MILES EAST OF FRANKFORT AIRPORT, OIL BEGAN TO COVER THE RIGHT SIDE WINDOW AND OIL PRESSURE BEGAN DROPPING RAPIDLY. THE PILOT SHUTDOWN THE ENGINE AND PERFORMED AN EMERGENCY LANDING, STRIKING THE FENCE AT THE END OF THE FIELD.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CEN19TA293](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN19TA293), Aug 25, 2019: Piper J3C (N49614), Russiaville, IN, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to reinstall the oil cap after adding oil, which resulted to oil starvation and a precaautionary landing.

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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