# Incident 19830331018559I: Piper J3, Galveston, TX, March 31, 1983

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 31, 1983, 11:30 local time
- Place: Galveston, TX
- Airport: Scholes
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.3014° N, 94.7978° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Galveston, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.3014&lon=-94.7978&mi=10
- Aircraft: N27061, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N27061-2013-08-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper J3F-60 (registry code 7100532, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-j3f-60) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental A&C65 series (registry code 17003, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-a-c65-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER J3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,300 total, 200 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830331018559I

## Narrative

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

TAXIED  INTO PARKING AREA AT HIGH SPEED WITH TAIL UP. SWERVED INTO A PARKED AIRCRAFT AS THE TAIL WAS LOWERED.

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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