# Incident 19820607034449I: Piper J3C65, Speculator, NY, June 7, 1982

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 7, 1982, 12:45 local time
- Place: Speculator, NY
- Airport: Lake Pleasant
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Other Ground Ops
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.4973° N, 74.3618° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Speculator, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.4973&lon=-74.3618&mi=10
- Aircraft: N31066 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER J3C65
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,000 total, 170 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820607034449I

## Narrative

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

PILOT WAS ATTEMPTING TO MOVE AIRCRAFT TO A MORE SECURE AREA ACROSS LAKE DUE TO WIND. GUST CAUSED WING TO HIT WATER.

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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