Piper J3C-65 N70824

Summary

On 7 July 1986 at about 00:15 local time, a Piper J3C-65 registered N70824, operated by SAM Hazzard, SR., was involved in an accident near Welch, West Virginia, United States. One person was on board and one was seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

7 July 1986 at 00:15

Classification

Accident

Location

Welch, West Virginia, United States

Nearest airport

Welch Municipal (I25)

Coordinates

37.4293, -81.5793

Aircraft

Piper J3C-65

Registration

N70824

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

SAM Hazzard, SR.

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ATL86LA188

1 person was seriously injured.

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

WITNESSES REPORTED THAT THE PILOT HAD WORKED ON THE ENGINE CARBURETOR FOR SOME TIME AS WELL AS JUST BEFORE THE ACCIDENT TAKEOFF. AT ABOUT 200 FEET AFTER TAKEOFF FROM RWY 27 THE ENGINE QUIT AND THE PILOT MADE A LEFT TURN BACK TO THE RWY AND TRIED TO ALIGN THE ACFT WITH RWY 9. THE ACFT HIT THE GROUND BESIDE THE RWY AND CAME TO REST FACING NORTH. A FIRE ERUPTED AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED.FIRE DAMAGE PREVENTED DETERMINING IF THERE WAS A CARBURETOR MALFUNCTION. THE AIRPORT SITS ON A TABLETOP MOUNTAIN WITH STEEP SIDES AND IS SURROUNDED BY DENSE WOODS.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.