- Date
- April 25, 1982, 15:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- Grand Prairie, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N70108Piper J3C-65
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 25, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820425011969A
- Case key
- 69193
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
While the pilot was taxiing to the engine run-up area, his right wing struck the propeller of a Piper PA-24 (N7545P) that was positioned at the edge of the taxiway. The pilot believed that if he had been making sharper s-turns while taxiing, he would have seen the other aircraft sooner and would have stopped.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N70108
- Reported as
- Piper J3C-65
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 7010510
- Airframe hours
- 1,347
- Engine
- Continental C-85, 75 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Jessie Sims
- Registered owner
- Jessie Sims
- Departed
- F67 · Grand Prairie, TX
- Destination
- F67 · Grand Prairie, TX
- Airport
- F67 · Grand Prairie Muni., runway 17, 4,000 × 0 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 40
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 1,400 total · 206 in this make and model · 1,285 as pilot in command · 30 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 160° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 60 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 0 ft unknown
- Temperature
- 167 °F, dew point 32 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N70108 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.