- Date
- July 12, 1983, 20:30 local (Jul 13, 1983, 00:30 UTC)
- Place
- Remington, VA
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N27111Piper J3C-65
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830712029589A
- Case key
- 5934
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
About 15 min after takeoff, the eng lost power while the acft was on the downwind leg for a landing on a private strip. Subsequently, the acft hit the tops of two trees, crashed & came to rest aprx 100 yards south of the rwy. An exam of the wreckage did not reveal any preimpact, mechanical failures. The upper wing fuel tank was empty. The fuselage fuel tank was damaged during impact & fuel from it spilled onto the plt's clothes & body. The wing fuel tank selector was found in the off position & the fuselage tank valve was in the on positon. The eng was partially disassembled, but no preimpact, mechanical malfunction was noted. Contaminates were noted in the fuel strainer. Some yellowish colored fuel was removed from the carburetor which contained some contaminates.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N27111
- Reported as
- Piper J3C-65
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 4363
- Airframe hours
- 2,170
- Engine
- Continental C-90-8F, 90 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Szabolscky , S. L.
- Registered owner
- Arthur T. Lunney
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 2, 1982 · 58 hours before
- Airport
- PVT · Remington, runway 27, 2,000 × 100 ft, grass/turf
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 50
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 17,200 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 90 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.