- Date
- July 27, 1977
- Place
- Athens, GA · ATHENS, GA
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N33026Piper J-3
- Status
- Completed · report October 11, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770727022819A
- Case key
- 146179
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2022 77/7/27 ATHENS,GA PIPER J-3 CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1750 N33026 PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 36, 1620 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 53 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CLARK COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ATHENS,GA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: CARBURETOR MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OBSTRUCTED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. REMARKS- SOLID WHITE DEPOSIT OF UNK ORIGIN FOUND IN CARB BOWL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N33026
- Reported as
- Piper J-3
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Clark County
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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.