# Incident 19950222009519I: Piper J3C65, Waterville, ME, February 22, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 22, 1995, 13:30 local time
- Place: Waterville, ME
- Airport: Waterville Robert Lafleur
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.5332° N, 69.6755° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Waterville Robert Lafleur Airport (WVL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.5332&lon=-69.6755&mi=10
- Aircraft: N25972, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N25972) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper J3C-65 (registry code 7100510, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-j3c-65) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental A&C65 series (registry code 17003, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-a-c65-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER J3C65
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 50 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950222009519I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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