# Incident 19930207006599I: Piper PA30, Bakersfield, CA, February 7, 1993

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 7, 1993, 18:05 local time
- Place: Bakersfield, CA
- Airport: Meadows Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.4339° N, 119.0577° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MEADOWS FLD (BFL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.4339&lon=-119.0577&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8693Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8693Y) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-30 (registry code 7103002, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-320 series (registry code 41509, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA30
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,500 total, 300 in this make and model, 55 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930207006599I

## Narrative

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

PILOT RAN INTO ASPHALT CURB WHILE TAXIING FOR TAKEOF. OCCURRED DURING NIGHT CONDITIONS AND RAIN.

## Other reports on N8693Y (1)

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

- [Accident 20251217021469A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20251217021469A), Dec 17, 2025: Piper PA-30 (N8693Y), West Chicago, IL, Substantial damage, 2 fatal. On December 17, 2025 a Piper PA-30 departed runway 20R at Dupage Airport (dpa). While climbing the aircraft banked and yawed to the west and impacted the…

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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