# Accident 19820425011969A: Piper J3, Arlington, TX, April 25, 1982

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 25, 1982, 15:00 local time
- Place: Arlington, TX
- Airport: Grand Prairie
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.6988° N, 97.0469° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GRAND PRAIRIE MUNI (GPM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.6988&lon=-97.0469&mi=10
- Aircraft: N70108, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N70108-2017-10-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper J3C-65 (registry code 7100510, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-j3c-65) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental A&C75 series (registry code 17005, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-a-c75-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER J3
- Reported engine: CONT C85*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,400 total, 206 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW82FPD10](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW82FPD10) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820425011969A

## Narrative

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

RIGHT WING COLLIDED WITH ROTATING PROP OF ANOTHER AIRCRAFT WHILE TAXIING FOR TAKEOFF. OTHER AIRCRAFT STATIC RUN UP.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB FTW82FPD10](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW82FPD10), Apr 25, 1982: Piper J3C-65 (N70108), Grand Prairie, TX, substantial damage

## Other reports on N70108 (1)

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

- [Accident 20120908022159A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120908022159A), Sep 8, 2012: Piper J3C-65 (N70108), Kingsland, TX, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Shortly after takeoff aircraft was observed in a nose high attitude approximatly 200 feet above runway then spiraled at a high rate of speed impacting ground…

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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