# Incident 19810318023209I: Piper PA32*, Santa Barbara, CA, March 18, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 18, 1981, 14:20 local time
- Place: Santa Barbara, CA
- Airport: Santa Barbara
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: CLAA
- Location: 34.4262° N, 119.8415° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SANTA BARBARA MUNI (SBA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.4262&lon=-119.8415&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4085F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4085F-2017-06-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32R-300 (registry code 7103213, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32r-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,525 total, 25 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/19810318023209I

## Narrative

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

DURING GROUND TAXI PILOT ALLOWED AIRCRAFT WING TIP TO HIT PROP SPINNER OF A PARKED AIRCRAFT.

## Other reports on N4085F (1)

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

- [Accident 20110327008459A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110327008459A), Mar 27, 2011: Piper PA-32R-300 (N4085F), Fredericktown, MO, Destroyed, 3 fatal. Aircraft was reported to have left flagler county airport palm coast, FL (xfl), enroute to chippewa valley regional airport, eau claire, WI (eau). Pilot had a…

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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