# Accident 19950523012872A: Amtrlw WLAC1, 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, second aircraft
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- 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: N101WL, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N101WL-2013-05-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Shaffer Edward TH WLAC-1 (registry code 056126P, https://openairdocs.org/model/shaffer-edward-th-wlac-1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-360 series (registry code 17025, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTRLW WLAC1
- Reported engine: CONT IO360C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 901 total, 220 in this make and model
- 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/19950523012872A

## Narrative

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

WHILE TURNING OFF TAXIWAY TO RAMP WAS STRUCK BY N9076N THAT WAS TURNING OFF RAMP TO TAXI ON SAME TAXIWAY.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N9076N, Gulstm 500S: [Accident 19950523012871A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950523012871A)

## 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: Shaffer WLAC-1 (N101WL), 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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