- Date
- April 28, 1967
- Place
- Friedens, PA · FRIEDENS, PA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N27984Piper J3C-65
- Status
- Completed · report September 7, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 117047
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1340 67/4/28 FRIEDENS, PA PIPER J3C-65 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 45, 3000 TIME - 1620 N27984 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 50 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SOMERSET TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - LUBRICATING SYSTEM: PUMP-PRESSURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PRESSURE TOO LOW MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OIL STARVATION PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- WARPED COVER AND EXCESSIVE CLEARANCES IN PUMP. SEVERAL SUITABLE FIELDS AVAILABLE FOR SAFE LNDG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N27984
- Reported as
- Piper J3C-65
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Somerset
N27984Registration cancelled Oct 14, 2009 · Piper J3C-65Airframe modelPiper J3C-65Engine modelContinental A&C75 series
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