33.7368° N, 117.8829° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Santa Ana, CA, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
May 3, 1997 · 08:49 local
Place
Santa Ana, CA
Airport
John Wayne Airport-Orange Cou
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N4318Y
Reported as
Piper PA28161
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,811 total600 in this make and model110 in the last 90 days
From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Narrative: while aircraft was stopped on a taxiway, it was struck from behind by an empty baggage a cart which had broken loose from its tow vehicle. Instructor and student not at fault.
As the FAA filed it
NARRATIVE: WHILE AIRCRAFT WAS STOPPED ON A TAXIWAY, IT WAS STRUCK FROM BEHIND BY AN EMPTY BAGGAGE A CART WHICH HAD BROKEN LOOSE FROM ITS TOW VEHICLE. INSTRUCTOR AND STUDENT NOT AT FAULT.