# Accident 19871221082931A: Piper PA32R300, Los Angeles, CA, December 21, 1987

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 21, 1987, 19:00 local time
- Place: Los Angeles, CA
- Airport: Los Angeles International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Collision: Midair collision, first aircraft
- Phase of flight: Idling Engines
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: JIKA
- Location: 33.9425° N, 118.4080° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LOS ANGELES INTL (LAX), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9425&lon=-118.4080&mi=10
- Aircraft: N75397, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N75397) (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 PA32R300
- Reported engine: LYC IO540K1G5
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,550 total, 500 in this make and model, 180 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX88LA074](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX88LA074) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871221082931A

## Narrative

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

WHILE HOLDING ON TAXIWAY WAS STRUCK BY N911E THAT FAILED TO HOLD SHORT OF THE TAXIWAY AS ADVISED BY CONTROL TOWER.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N911E, Beech E18S: [Accident 19871221082932A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871221082932A)

## 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 LAX88LA074](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX88LA074), Dec 22, 1987: Piper PA-32R-300 (N75397), Los Angeles, CA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N75397 (1)

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

- [Incident 20211229021469I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20211229021469I), Dec 29, 2021: Piper PA-32R-300 (N75397), Odessa, TX, Minor damage. On December 29, 2021, at 19:50 local(0150Z), a 1976 Piper PA-32R-300 lance single engine land aircraft bearing registration number N75397, registered to 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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