# Incident 19960330010529I: Piper J3C65, Lakeland, FL, March 30, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 30, 1996, 12:15 local time
- Place: Lakeland, FL
- Airport: Lakeland Regional Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.0395° N, 81.9498° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lakeland, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.0395&lon=-81.9498&mi=10
- Aircraft: N88192, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N88192) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 700 total, 500 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/19960330010529I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON MARCH 30, 1996. AT APPROXIMATELY 1215 LOCAL PIPER N88192, PILOTED BY MR. PAUL C. NICHOLSON, COLLIDED WITH AN AUTOMOBILE WHILE TAXIING TO PARKING AFTER RETURNING FROM A FLIGHT. AFTER LANDING PIPER N88192 WAS CLEARED BY LAKELAND GROUND CONTROL, TO TAXI TO PARKING VIA TAXIWAY "F". WHILE TAXIING WESTBOUND IN A NONMOVEMENT AREA OF THE AIRPORT, PIPER N88192 COLLIDED WITH A CADILLAC THAT WAS CROSSING THE TAXIWAY FROM NORTH TO SOUTH. WITNESSES STATED THAT THE DRIVER OF THE CADILLAC FAILED TO LOOK TO THE EAST BEFORE CROSSING THE TAXIWAY AND ENTERED THE TAXIWAY IMMEDIATELY IN FRONT OF PIPER N88192. WITNESSES STATED THAT PIPER N88192 DID NOT HAVE TIME TO TAKE EVASIVE ACTION PRIOR TO THE COLLISION. THE COLLISION CAUSED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER, AND ENGINE CRANKSHAFT OF PIPER N88192, AND CAUSED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE CADILLAC.

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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