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FAA accident report · Piper J3C-65 · Dillingham, AK · July 25, 2025

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Date
July 25, 2025 · 10:35 local
Place
Dillingham, AK
Airport
Dillingham Airport
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Climb Out
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N5050R
NTSB investigation
NTSBANC25FA079
Reported as
Piper J3C-65
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
1
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
N5050RRegistered now · Piper J3C-65S/N 15301 · Built 1945Airframe modelPiper J3C-65Engine 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.

Pilot doing touch and goes. Departed runway 19 on second touch and go, engine quit at approximitley 200 feet AGL, restarted momentarily, aircraft stalled and struck the ground. Fuel tanks were found empty upon initial post accident inspection.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT DOING TOUCH AND GOES. DEPARTED RUNWAY 19 ON SECOND TOUCH AND GO, ENGINE QUIT AT APPROXIMITLEY 200 FEET AGL, RESTARTED MOMENTARILY, AIRCRAFT STALLED AND STRUCK THE GROUND. FUEL TANKS WERE FOUND EMPTY UPON INITIAL POST ACCIDENT INSPECTION.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.

NTSB ANC25FA079Accident · 1 fatalClass 3 · FieldPreliminary reportDillingham, AKOn July 25, 2025, about 0916 Alaska daylight time, a Piper J3C-65 airplane, N5050R, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Dillingham, Alaska. The pilot was fatally injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal…Jul 25, 2025 · Substantial damage

Other reports on N5050R · 2

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

Accident 20070923021679ATakeoff Ground Roll · Tyonek, AK(-23) Pilot lost control of aircraft while on takeoff from an unimproved strip approximately 20 miles west of beluga lake. Pilot states he had not achieved sufficient airspeed to lift the tailwheel of the conventionally geared aircraft (therefore, less than…Sep 23, 2007 · Substantial damageAccident 19770818031209ATakeoff Ground Roll · IDAug 18, 1977 · Substantial damage