# Accident 19821025067022A: Cessna 172E, 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, second aircraft
- Phase of flight: Idling Engines
- 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: N5742T, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5742T) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172E (registry code 2072412, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172E
- Reported engine: CONT O300D
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 208 total, 36 in this make and model, 27 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/19821025067022A

## Narrative

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

WAS STRUCK BY AN INBOUND J3, N25973, WHILE STOPPED ON THE TAXIWAY TO AWAIT PASSAGE OF THE J3 PRIOR TO TAXI TO RWY

## Other aircraft in the event

- N25973, Piper J3C65: [Accident 19821025067021A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19821025067021A)

## 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: Cessna 172E (N5742T), Augusta, ME, incident, minor damage

## Other reports on N5742T (2)

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

- [Incident 20130505008809I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130505008809I), May 5, 2013: Cessna 172E (N5742T), West Lebanon, NH, Minor damage. Aircraft propeller struck the runway during touch and go landings. Pilot stopped and taxied into FBO.minor damage to aircraft.
- [Incident 19851020066539I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19851020066539I), Oct 20, 1985: Cessna 172E (N5742T), Augusta, ME. Landed in field after engine ran rough and was shut down. Connecting rod failed.

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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