# Incident 19781227020079I: Piper PA28/, Augusta, ME, December 27, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 27, 1978, 13:00 local time
- Place: Augusta, ME
- Airport: State
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Engine Run-Up
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.3106° N, 69.7795° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Augusta, ME, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.3106&lon=-69.7795&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6845J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6845J-1985-05-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-151 (registry code 7102805, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-151) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28/
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 64 total, 64 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781227020079I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

STUDENT RAN UP ENGINE ON AN ICY AREA.AIRPLANE MOVED FORWARD, DAMAGING A TAXIWAY LIGHT & THE PROPELLER.

## Other reports on N6845J (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19830205002949A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830205002949A), Feb 5, 1983: Piper PA28151 (N6845J), Newbury, MA, Substantial damage. Engine lost power. Bounced off of rough ground into a tree on forced landing. No engine defects. Possible carb ice.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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