# Accident 19800607018582A: Doug DC931, Santa Ana, CA, June 7, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 7, 1980, 12:35 local time
- Place: Santa Ana, CA
- Airport: John Wayne Orange
- Damage: Minor damage
- Collision: Midair collision, second aircraft
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Location: 33.6757° N, 117.8682° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at JOHN WAYNE/ORANGE COUNTY (SNA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6757&lon=-117.8682&mi=10
- Aircraft: N915RW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N915RW-2013-11-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Douglas DC-9-31 (registry code 3022065, https://openairdocs.org/model/douglas-dc-9-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D-15 (registry code 52051, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DOUG DC931
- People aboard: 17
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 15,880 total, 4,180 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX80DA106](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80DA106) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800607018582A

## Narrative

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

LEFT WING COLLIDED WITH CESSNA. CESSNAS WING WENT UNDER DC9S WING WHILE TAXIING._N67649.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N67649, Cessna 152: [Accident 19800607018581A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800607018581A)

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB LAX80DA106](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80DA106), Jun 7, 1980: Douglas DC9-30 (N915RW), Santa Ana, CA, minor damage

## Other reports on N915RW (2)

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

- [Incident 19911121056129I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19911121056129I), Nov 21, 1991: Doug DC931 (N915RW), Cedar Rapids, IA. Smoke in cockpit. Precautionary landing. Found auto ground spoiler actuator limit switch had malfunctioned.
- [Incident 19860212008909I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860212008909I), Feb 12, 1986: Doug DC931 (N915RW), Phoenix, AZ, Minor damage. Struck another parked aircraft while being plushed back from the gate.

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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