# Accident 19870225038972A: Cessna 310R, Los Angeles, CA, February 25, 1987

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 25, 1987, 19:38 local time
- Place: Los Angeles, CA
- Airport: Los Angeles International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Collision: Midair collision, second aircraft
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: DDDA
- Location: 33.9507° N, 118.3994° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9507&lon=-118.3994&mi=10
- Aircraft: N98834, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N98834) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310R (registry code 2074245, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310R
- Reported engine: CONT IO520M
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,779 total, 106 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX87MA125](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX87MA125) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870225038972A

## Narrative

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

THE TAIL OF THE TAXIING AIRCRAFT WAS HIT BY N88704 WHICH WAS TAKING OFF.  ATC CONTROLLERS DID NOT ENSURE SEPARATION

## Other aircraft in the event

- N88704, Boeing 727224: [Accident 19870225038971A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870225038971A)

## 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 LAX87MA125](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX87MA125), Feb 26, 1987: Cessna 310R (N98834), Los Angeles, CA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N98834 (2)

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

- [Incident 19971019042169I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971019042169I), Oct 19, 1997: Cessna 310R (N98834), Carbondale-Murp, IL, Minor damage. Narrative: on October 19, 1997, at 1112 CDT, at Carbondale, Illinois, during a taxi to runway 24, the pilot of N98834, a Cessna 310, applied the brakes to slow…
- [Incident 19821009061709I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19821009061709I), Oct 9, 1982: Cessna 310 (N98834), Lompoc, CA, Minor damage. Raised landing gear switch on take off roll instead of flap switch. Propeller blades touched runway on lift off.

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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