- Date
- July 21, 1974
- Place
- Guntersville, AL · GUNTERSVILLE, AL
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N7473HPiper J3C
- Status
- Completed · report October 30, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740721037329A
- Case key
- 136673
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2981 74/7/21 GUNTERSVILLE,ALA PIPER J3C CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 47, 566 TIME - 1330 N7473H PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 60 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GUNTERSVILLE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GUNTERSVILLE,ALA BAILEYTON,ALA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: CARBURETOR MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION TERRAIN - HIGH VEGETATION COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. REMARKS- NEEDLE VALVE P/N 390077 STUCK IN SEAT ASSEMBLY P/N P-17247.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7473H
- Reported as
- Piper J3C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Guntersville
N7473HRegistration cancelled Oct 19, 2012 · Piper J3C-65Airframe modelPiper J3C-65Engine modelContinental A&C75 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.