N42769 is a 1945 Piper J3C-65. It is a fixed-wing single-engine aircraft with 2 seats, powered by a Cont Motor A&C65 series rated at 65 horsepower. Its registration was cancelled in Mar 1956. Its standard airworthiness certificate was issued in Oct 2021. This page also carries 1 NTSB event.
FAA recordRegistrant based in Bloomburg, TX · deregistered in 1956.
2021
1956
On March 27, 2021, about 1600 central daylight time, a Piper J3C-65 airplane, N42769, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Justin, Texas. The pilot was not injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight.
According to the pilot he departed a private airfield on a local flight, about 30 minutes before the accident. The pilot added that for the approach to landing, he applied carburetor heat on the downwind leg and reduced power on the base leg. When he added power, the engine did not respond; however, the propeller continued to windmill. Unable to glide to the private airfield, he selected a nearby wheatfield for the forced landing, but hit trees on the approach.
The airplane came to rest in the trees. An on-site inspection of the airplane by the responding Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Inspector noted that the fuel tank contained fuel and both wings and fuselage sustained substantial damage.
The airplane was recovered from the trees and placed in the owner’s hangar. The National Transportation Safety Board Investigator-In-Charge conducted an engine examination on April 2, 2021. The examination/engine run of the engine did not identify any pre-impact anomalies that would have precluded normal operations.
A review of the icing probability chart contained in FAA Special Airworthiness Information Bulletin CE-09-35 revealed that the weather conditions at the time of the accident were "conducive to serious icing at glide [idle] power."
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About the Piper J3C-65
About the modelThe J-3 Cub: a two-seat tandem taildragger with a fabric-covered steel-tube fuselage, flown solo from the rear seat. Among the most recognisable light aircraft ever built.