# Accident 19950523012871A: Gulstm 500S, Santa Barbara, CA, May 23, 1995

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 23, 1995, 12:15 local time
- Place: Santa Barbara, CA
- Airport: Santa Barbara Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Collision: Midair collision, first aircraft
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: AFJA
- 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: N9076N, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9076N-2013-08-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aero Commander 500 S (registry code 0141107, https://openairdocs.org/model/aero-commander-500-s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GULSTM 500S
- Reported engine: LYC IO540E1B5
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 15,146 total, 3,800 in this make and model, 208 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX95LA194](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX95LA194) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950523012871A

## Narrative

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

WHILE LEAVING RAMP FOR TAKEOFF COLLIDED WITH N101WL THAT WAS TAXIING TO RAMP BOTH CONVERGED ON SAME TAXIWAY.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N101WL, Amtrlw WLAC1: [Accident 19950523012872A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950523012872A)

## 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 LAX95LA194](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX95LA194), May 23, 1995: Aero Commander 500S (N9076N), Santa Barbara, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: the inadequate visual lookout by both pilots and their failures to maintain adequate separation from each other while taxiing in a non-movement area.

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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