# Accident 19960309003761A: Piper PA28236, Los Alamitos, CA, March 9, 1996

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 9, 1996, 14:00 local time
- Place: Los Alamitos, CA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Collision: Midair collision, first aircraft
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.7901° N, 118.0594° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7901&lon=-118.0594&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8179A, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8179A) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-236 (registry code 7102815, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-236) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28236
- Reported engine: LYC O540*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 437 total, 412 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX96FA130](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX96FA130) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960309003761A

## Narrative

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

ON DESCENT WESTBOUND. SWAPPED LEFTSIDE COLLISION WITH CLIMBING EAST BOUND N502Y. BOTH LANDED SAFE. NOT ON RADAR.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N5052Y, Bbavia 7GCAA: [Accident 19960309003762A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960309003762A)

## 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 LAX96FA130](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX96FA130), Mar 9, 1996: Piper PA-28-236 (N8179A), Los Alamitos, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: the failure of both pilots to see and avoid each other. Factors were the pilots' failure to use available radar services.

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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