Aviation Accident Summary ANC86LA077

VOGEL LAKE, AK, USA

Aircraft #1

N1556N

PIPER J3C-65

Analysis

AFTER TAKEOFF FROM A SMALL LAKE THE PILOT STATED THAT ENGINE STARTED TO RUN ROUGH. THE PILOT STALLED THE AIRCRAFT AND CRASHED INTO THE LAKE. EXAMINATION OF THE ENGINE REVEALED THAT THE NUMBER 4 CYLINDER PRIMER PORT PLUG WAS BROKEN.

 

Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database

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