Piper J3C N13DK

Summary

On 11 June 1983 at about 16:15 local time, a Piper J3C registered N13DK was involved in an accident near Greenville, Pennsylvania, 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

11 June 1983 at 16:15

Classification

Accident

Location

Greenville, Pennsylvania, United States

Nearest airport

Greenville Muni (4G1)

Coordinates

41.3992, -80.3798

Aircraft

Piper J3C

Registration

N13DK

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

NYC83FGM03

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

ACCORDING TO THE PLT, A CERT A&P MECHANIC, HE HAD FLOWN THE ACFT 1 HR SINCE LAST INSPECTION & EVERYTHING OPERATED NORMALLY. ON THE DAY OF THE ACCIDENT, HIS WIFE, ALSO A PLT, DEPARTED THEIR PRIVATE ARPT AT MERCER, PA ON A LOCAL FLT BUTLANDED AT GREENVILLE 15 MIN LATER BECAUSE OF A ROUGH RUNNING ENG. AFTER ARRIVING AT GREENVILLE, THE PLT REPLACED SEVERALOF THE FUEL INJECTION NOZZLES BECAUSE OF PREVIOUS PROBLEMS WITH THE NOZZLES STICKING DUE TO VARNISH DEPOSITS. THE PLT THEN TOOK OFF ON A LOCAL TEST HOP. AT ABOUT 100 FT AGL THE ENG BEGAN TO RUN ROUGH & LOSE POWER. HE MADE A TURN TO THE LEFT TO RETURN TO THE ARPT. DURING THE TURN THE LEFT WING STRUCK THE GROUND & THE ACFT CRASHED. SUBSEQUENT INVESTIGAITON REVEALED THAT THE INTERNAL MECHANISMS OF THE INJECTOR NOZZLES FROM CYLINDERS 2,3 & 4 WERE STRUCK IN THE CLOSED POSITION & WERE UNABLE TO PRODUCE ANY SPRAY OF FUEL.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.