- Date
- July 7, 1980
- Place
- Hood River, OR · HOOD RIVER, OR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7116HPiper J3C-85
- Status
- Completed · report September 3, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800707023669A
- Case key
- 129874
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1517 80/7/7 HOOD RIVER,OR PIPER J3C-85 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 42, 621 TIME - 1300 N7116H PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 41 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HOOD RIVER DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP EVERETT,WA SUN VALLEY,ID HOOD RIVER,OR TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MISCALCULATED FUEL CONSUMPTION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7116H
- Reported as
- Piper J3C-85
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Hood River
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.