- Date
- September 3, 1984, 16:15 local (21:15 UTC)
- Place
- Olney, IL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6620HPiper J3C-65
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840903045589A
- Case key
- 12762
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Analysis
The a/c was flown in an airshow by the owner. After he landed the acft was shut down and refueled. The refueling and the preflight were done rapidly to allow the owners son, a student plt, to leave the airport ahead of the crowd. About 3 minutes after takeoff at an altitude of about 1,000 ft the engine quit. The acft was landed in a corn field and was substantially damaged. Investigation by the owner revealed that the fuel valve configuration left only about 1/2 gallon of fuel in the header tank available to the engine. The student pilot did not attempt to correct the valve position during descent.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6620H
- Reported as
- Piper J3C-65
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 19819
- Airframe hours
- 3,545
- Engine
- Continental C-90, 90 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Giles Henderson
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 15, 1984 · 61 hours before
- Departed
- OLY · Olney, IL
- Destination
- MTO · Charleston, IL
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
- 17
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Rear
- Flight hours
- 290 total · 224 in this make and model · 106 as pilot in command · 196 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MVN
FAA reports on this event · 1
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