# Incident 20050915022339I: Piper J3C65, Brookings, SD, September 15, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 15, 2005, 17:30 local time
- Place: Brookings, SD
- Airport: Brookings Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.3045° N, 96.8189° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BROOKINGS RGNL (BKX), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.3045&lon=-96.8189&mi=10
- Aircraft: N92251, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N92251) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper J3C-65 (registry code 7100510, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-j3c-65) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER J3C65
- Reported engine: CONT A65*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,200 total, 150 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050915022339I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2005, AT ABOUT 1730 CDT, THE PILOT BEGAN TAXI FOR A PLEASURE FLIGHT. SINCE HE WAS OPERATING THE CONTROLS FROM THE BACK SEAT, HE WAS USING S-TURNS TO INCREASE VISIBILITY. AS HE BEGAN HIS S-TURN, AIRCRAFT RAN INTO A PARKED AIRPLANE ON THE RAMP. THE PILOT AND PASSENGER IN THE J-3 WERE NOT INJURED. THERE WAS NO ONE IN THE PARKED CE-172. BOTH AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE.

## Other reports on N92251 (1)

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

- [Incident 19781219023379I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781219023379I), Dec 19, 1978: Piper J3 (N92251), Okaton, SD, Minor damage. Pilot landed long in a short, rough, plowed & snow-covered stubble field. Flipped over on his back.

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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