- Date
- November 16, 1984, 12:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place
- Stuart, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N77517Piper J3C-65
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19841116064629A
- Case key
- 31318
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
Acft was flying at low level over water to film a tv commercial. Plt pushed throttle in for additional pwr but engine did not respond. Full throttle was applied with no response from the eng. Plt stated that there was insufficient pwr to maintain level flt. Plt ditched acft, acft sank. Post crash exam revealed adel clamp on throttle cable was loose which caused the cable to flex without moving throttle arm on the carb.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N77517
- Reported as
- Piper J3C-65
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 22009
- Airframe hours
- 1,719
- Engine
- Continental A-65-8, 75 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial observation · Part 91
- Operator
- Jack Brown Seaplane Base
- Registered owner
- Goodie Barn Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · March 8, 1984 · 64 hours before
- Departed
- SUA · Stuart, 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
- 56
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine sea, Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Rear
- Flight hours
- 13,570 total · 200 in this make and model · 13,130 as pilot in command · 78 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 80° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- URB, 40 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.