# Incident 19960315008152I: Piper PA44180, Santa Ana, CA, March 15, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 15, 1996, 12:15 local time
- Place: Santa Ana, CA
- Airport: John Wayne Airport-Orange Cou
- Damage: Minor damage
- Collision: Midair collision, second aircraft
- Phase of flight: Idling Engines
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.7368° N, 117.8829° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Santa Ana, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7368&lon=-117.8829&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2126X, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2126X) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-44-180 (registry code 7104402, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-44-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA44180
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 987 total, 7 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960315008152I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: MR. TIMMONS AND MR. RUTLEDGE, IN THE PIPER SEMINOLE, N2126X, WERE STOPPED ON TAXIWAY KILO WAITING TO CROSS RUNWAY 19L TO GET TO 19R. THEY WERE STRUCK FROM BEHIND BY A BEECH BONANZA, N9198Q, PILOTED BY GARY ROSS.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N9198Q, Beech V35B: [Incident 19960315008151I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960315008151I)

## Other reports on N2126X (3)

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

- [Incident 20180820018889I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180820018889I), Aug 20, 2018: Piper PA-44-180 (N2126X), Long Beach, CA, Minor damage. During landing rollout, nose landing gear collapsed. Post incident inspection revealed failed hardware(nas bolt) in nose gear drag link. The assembly involved…
- [Incident 20150105001349I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150105001349I), Jan 5, 2015: Piper PA-44-180 (N2126X), Long Beach, CA, Minor damage. The landing gear collapsed on roll out
- [Incident 19990802023719I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990802023719I), Aug 2, 1999: Piper PA44180 (N2126X), Long Beach, CA, Minor damage. (-23) On August 2, 1999 at 1130 PST, Piper PA-44-180, N2126X left main landing gear collapsed on landing rollout. Flight was for instruction, and both pilots…

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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