- Date
- July 11, 1983, 19:00 local (23:00 UTC)
- Place
- Abbot Village, ME
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N42847Piper J3C-65S
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830711037119A
- Case key
- 35060
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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 observed to depart a pond to the south & climb over trees when the eng lost power. The acft started a rightbank as if to return to the pond & stalled into the trees. One witness heard the eng restart just before the crash. The last annual recorded in the acft's logbook was on 6/6/82. Analysis of a fuel sample showed that the fuel more closely resembled automotive gasoline than avgas. The sample also showed an existent gum of 91.5 MG/100ML which was oily in nature. 10 MG/100ML is the specification limit.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N42847
- Reported as
- Piper J3C-65S
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15167
- Engine
- Continental O-200A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Carrol J. Ruksznis
- Registered owner
- D. R. & L. D. Russell
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 6, 1982
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
- 40
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Rear
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 625 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 210° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 10,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 50 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BGR, 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.