# NTSB Accident CEN15CA223
> **PIPER J3C-65** · 2015-05-03 · De Kalb, IL, USA · NONE
## Event
- **NTSB number:** CEN15CA223
- **Event ID:** 20150506X44421
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2015-05-03
- **Location:** De Kalb, IL, USA
- **Coordinates:** 41.933887, -88.705558
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** NONE
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 1
- **Total aboard:** 1
## Aircraft
- **Make:** PIPER
- **Model:** J3C-65
- **Registration:** N98656
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The pilot's loss of positional awareness while taxiing, resulting in a collision with a parked and unoccupied airplane. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's difficulty seeing over the nose of the airplane, his preoccupation with trying to control the airplane in the wind, and his minimal experience in the airplane.

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