# Incident 19961225042669I: Piper PA34200, Tampa, FL, December 25, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 25, 1996, 20:12 local time
- Place: Tampa, FL
- Airport: Vandenberg Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.9475° N, 82.4584° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Tampa, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.9475&lon=-82.4584&mi=10
- Aircraft: N333SE, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N333SE) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-200 (registry code 7103405, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA34200
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,300 total, 600 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19961225042669I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: PILOT WAS TAXIING IN THE PARKING AREA AT VANDENBERG AIRPORT, FL. AT NIGHT. PILOT FAILED TO OBSERVE A HELICOPTER LANDING TRAILER AND TAXIED INTO IT. WITH MINOR DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT AND NO INJURIES.

## Other reports on N333SE (2)

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

- [Accident 20250404003039A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250404003039A), Apr 4, 2025: Piper PA-34-200 (N333SE), Vero Beach, FL, Substantial damage. According to the pilot, the aircraft was on final, at 2:17 pm EST, the main gear touched down first followed by the nose gear. All three landing gears touched…
- [Incident 20051020031009I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20051020031009I), Oct 20, 2005: Piper PA34200 (N333SE), Jackson, MI, Minor damage. (-23) Instructor was performing full landing and takeoffs with student. On the third landing during rolling out at about 500 ft. the left main landing gear…

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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