# Accident 19821025067021A: Piper J3C65, Augusta, ME, October 25, 1982

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 25, 1982, 15:00 local time
- Place: Augusta, ME
- Airport: Augusta
- Damage: Minor damage
- Collision: Midair collision, first aircraft
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.2676° N, 69.7817° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at AUGUSTA (M00), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.2676&lon=-69.7817&mi=10
- Aircraft: N25973, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N25973) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper J3C-65 (registry code 7100510, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-j3c-65) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER J3C65
- Reported engine: CONT O200A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,104 total, 43 in this make and model, 301 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC83IA013](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC83IA013) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19821025067021A

## Narrative

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

COLLIDED WITH CESSNA 5742T WHILE TAXIING TO RAMP. THE OUTBOUND CESSNA WAS STOPPED AT TIME OF IMPACT.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N5742T, Cessna 172E: [Accident 19821025067022A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19821025067022A)

## 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 NYC83IA013](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC83IA013), Oct 25, 1982: Piper J3C-65 (N25973), Augusta, ME, incident, minor damage

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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