- Date
- December 4, 1977
- Place
- Greeley, CO · GREELEY, CO
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N32648Piper J3
- Status
- Completed · report January 17, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19771204038109A
- Case key
- 144408
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3756 77/12/4 GREELEY,CO PIPER J3 CR- 0 1 0 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 24, 685 TIME - 0802 N32648 PX- 0 0 0 FERRY TOTAL HOURS, 76 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WELD COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GREELEY,CO FT.COLLINS,CO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB STALL: MUSH LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL CONTAMINATION-EXCLUSIVE OF WATER IN FUEL PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- DIRT AND DEBRIS FOUND IN GASCOLATOR.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N32648
- Reported as
- Piper J3
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Weld County
N32648Registration cancelled Oct 3, 2020 · Piper J3L-65Airframe modelPiper J3L-65Engine modelLycoming 0-145B series
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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.