Plane Crash List

Piper J-3 N70604

5 August 1982 · Near Big Lake, Alaska, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 5 August 1982 at about 05:15 local time, a Piper J-3 registered N70604, operated by Stephen F. Turner, was involved in an incident near Near Big Lake, Alaska, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was slightly damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date
at 05:15
Classification
Incident
Location
Near Big Lake, Alaska, United States
Coordinates
Not recorded
Aircraft
Piper J-3
Registration
N70604
Category
Airplane
Engines
1
Operator
Stephen F. Turner
Operating rule
Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight
Personal
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Route
Lake Hood → Lake Hood
Aircraft damage
Minor
Weather
VMC
Light
Day
NTSB number
ANC82IA067

People

Nobody was injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
2 0 0 0 2

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

DURING CRUISE FLIGHT, THE AIRCRAFTS ENGINE LOST POWER AND BEGAN VIBRATING SEVERLY. AFTER THE PILOT TRIED UNSUCCESSFULLY TO REMEDY THE PROBLEM, HE EXECUTED AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN A MARSH. SHORTLY AFTER TOUCHDOWN THE AIRCRAFT BOGGED DOWN AND NOSED OVER. A TEARDOWN EXAMINATION OF THE ENGINE REVEALED THAT IT HAD EXPERIENCED AN INTERNAL FAILURE IN THE AREA OF THE #1 AND #2 CYLINDERS. WHILE THE EXACT MODE AND SEQUENCE OF FAILURE WAS NOT IDENTIFIED, EVIDENCE OF INADEQUATE LUBRICATION WAS OBSERVED.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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