# Incident 19960315008449I: Piper PA28181, Torrance, CA, March 15, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 15, 1996, 19:15 local time
- Place: Torrance, CA
- Airport: Torrance Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.8305° N, 118.3566° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Torrance, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8305&lon=-118.3566&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5335F, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5335F) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102807, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (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 PA28181
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 225 total, 47 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960315008449I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: WHILE TAXIING EAST ON RAMP FROM RUNWAY 29R, MR. ROOME, PIPER, PA-28-181, LEFT WING CLIPPED A CESSNA'S 172K, N79201, FRONT RIGHT COWLING. THIS CAUSED THE PIPER TO ROTATE TO THE LEFT AND THE PROPELLER TO IMPACT THE CESSNA'S LEFT WING.

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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