- Date
- April 22, 1984, 18:00 local (23:00 UTC)
- Place
- Pahokee, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N37967Piper J3C-65
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840422018229A
- Case key
- 31125
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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.
Analysis
The acft was cruising at 1000 ft MSL when the eng lost power. Subsequently, the acft was ditched in lake okeechobee. Theplt stated that after the acft was recovered from the lake, fuel was found in the fuel tank. Also, he stated 'appears vent on fuel tank cap was not properly vented. Engine starved for fuel.'
Aircraft
- Registration
- N37967
- Reported as
- Piper J3C-65
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 6740
- Airframe hours
- 11
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Josepg B. Veillon
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- DED · Deland, FL
- Destination
- MIA · Miami, FL
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
- 33
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Military, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 3,900 total · 70 in this make and model · 25 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 140° at 11 knots
- Visibility
- 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MIA, 35 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.