# Incident 20250324005132I: Piper J3C-65, San Diego, CA, March 24, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 24, 2025, 14:55 local time
- Place: San Diego, CA
- Airport: Montgomery
- Damage: Minor damage
- Collision: Collision on the ground
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.7153° N, 117.1573° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of San Diego, CA, within about 10 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7153&lon=-117.1573&mi=10
- Aircraft: N92628, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N92628) (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 J3C-65
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR A&C65 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,057 total, 125 in this make and model, 36 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250324005132I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS HOLDING SHORT AT RUNWAY 28L AWAITING CLEARANCE. AIRCRAFT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS TAXING TO RUNWAY 28L AND MADE CONTACT WITH ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. DAMAGE TO LEFT HAND WING TIP OF ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N734ZK, Cessna 172N: [Incident 20250324008272I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250324008272I)

## Other reports on N92628 (2)

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

- [Accident 20190714011779A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190714011779A), Jul 14, 2019: Piper J3C-65 (N92628), San Diego, CA, Substantial damage. On July 14, 2019, at Montgomery Field, San Diego, CA, at approximately 5:00 pm PDT, pilot was allowed to do his first solo takeoff and landings in his…
- [Incident 20130309003069I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130309003069I), Mar 9, 2013: Piper J3C-65 (N92628), San Diego, CA, Minor damage. Upon touchdown at montgomery field (kmyf) runway 28R, the aircrafts right main gear strut brace failed which caused the aircraft to settle on the right strut.…

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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