- Date
- May 2, 1980
- Place
- Quinton, VA · QUINTON, VA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N42779Piper J-3
- Status
- Completed · report August 14, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800502023899A
- Case key
- 131375
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0974 80/5/2 QUINTON,VA PIPER J-3 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 61, 839 TIME - UNK/NR N42779 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 201 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - NEW KENT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION QUINTON,VA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB STALL LANDING: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: IMPROPER MAINTENANCE (MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: PISTON,PISTON RINGS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LOW COMPRESSION POWERPLANT - IGNITION SYSTEM: SPARK PLUG MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - CARBON DEPOSITS POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: CARBURETOR MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OBSTRUCTED PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. REMARKS- CARB MAIN AIR BLEED METERING JET OBST BY PARTICLE OF UNK SUBSTANCE.RETURNING TO ARPT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N42779
- Reported as
- Piper J-3
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- New Kent
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.