- Date
- November 8, 1982, 15:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- Near Melbourne, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6875HPiper J-3
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 8, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19821108057669A
- Case key
- 71897
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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.
Loss of engine power
Reason for occurrence undeterminedCause
Forced landing
Complete gear collapsed
Analysis
Pilot made forced landing off airport due to power loss. Landing gear collapsed. No malfunctions found.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6875H
- Reported as
- Piper J-3
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 20091
- Engine
- Continental C-90, 90 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Craig Hammack
- Registered owner
- Sale Reported - Registration P
- Departed
- Merritt Island, FL
- Destination
- Merritt Island, FL
N6875HRegistration cancelled Oct 15, 2012 · Piper J3C-65Airframe modelPiper J3C-65Engine modelContinental C85 series
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
- 29
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 343 total · 45 in this make and model · 45 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 50° at 13 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Temperature
- 169 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MLB
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.