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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper J3C-65 · Waterville, ME · February 22, 1995

Date
February 22, 1995 · 13:30 local
Place
Waterville, ME
Airport
Waterville Robert Lafleur
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N25972
Reported as
Piper J3C65
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
50 in this make and model10 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Narrative: Mr. Cabaniss, pilot-in-command of N25972, landed on the snow parallel to runway 5. While taxiing on the snow, right landing gear strut broke. The gear collapsed and the aircraft sustained minor damage. Mr. Cabaniss was not injured.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: MR. CABANISS, PILOT-IN-COMMAND OF N25972, LANDED ON THE SNOW PARALLEL TO RUNWAY 5. WHILE TAXIING ON THE SNOW, RIGHT LANDING GEAR STRUT BROKE. THE GEAR COLLAPSED AND THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE. MR. CABANISS WAS NOT INJURED.