# Incident 19800806066489I: Howard DGA15P, Santa Paula, CA, August 6, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 6, 1980
- Place: Santa Paula, CA
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.3549° N, 119.0663° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Santa Paula, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.3549&lon=-119.0663&mi=10
- Aircraft: N95462, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N95462) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Howard DGA-15P (registry code 4690506, https://openairdocs.org/model/howard-dga-15p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney R-985 series (registry code 52008, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r-985-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HOWARD DGA15P
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 23,000 total, 350 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800806066489I

## Narrative

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

TAXIING AIRCRAFT STRUCK TAIL OF AIRCRAFT PROTRUDING FROM HANGAR.

## Other reports on N95462 (1)

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

- [Accident 20060428006539A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060428006539A), Apr 28, 2006: Howard DGA15P (N95462), Cocoa, FL, Substantial damage. (-23) Pilot distracted during take-off checklist, failed to lock tailwheel for take-off. Tailwheel was not locked for crosswind landing.

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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