# Incident 20160606016509I: Piper PA-12, Auburn, ME, June 6, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 6, 2016, 12:55 local time
- Place: Auburn, ME
- Airport: Auburn-Lewiston
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.0485° N, 70.2835° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at AUBURN/LEWISTON MUNI (LEW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.0485&lon=-70.2835&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3788M, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3788M) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-12 (registry code 7101202, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-12
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-235 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 3,200 total, 30 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160606016509I

## Narrative

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

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

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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