# Incident 19961031038309I: Piper PA28161, Riverside, CA, October 31, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 31, 1996, 19:45 local time
- Place: Riverside, CA
- Airport: Riverside Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.9519° N, 117.4451° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at RIVERSIDE (RAL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9519&lon=-117.4451&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4405X, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4405X) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-151 (registry code 7102805, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-151) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28161
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 700 total, 500 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19961031038309I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON OCTOBER 31, 1996, AT 1945 HOURS, N4405X, WAS MAKING A NIGHT FLIGHT FROM LONG BEACH (LGB) TO RIVERSIDE (RAL), WITH PALERMO GABRIEL AS PILOT IN COMMAND. DURING HIS TAKE OFF ROLL AT LGB THE LANDING LIGHT BECAME INOPERATIVE. ON ARRIVAL AT RAL, AND WHILE ATTEMPTING TO TAXI TO PARKING, HE DISCOVERED THE TAXIWAY LIGHTS WERE OUT OF SERVICE. ALTHOUGH HE ATTEMPTED TO USE A HAND HELD FLASHLIGHT FOR GUIDANCE, HIS RIGHT FLAP CONTACTED A TAXIWAY LIGHT BOX AND THE PROPELLER STRUCK AN ASPHALT BERM. THIS CAUSED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE LIGHT BOX, FLAP, AND THE PROPELLER. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED.

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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