# Incident 19970503022039I: Piper PA28161, Santa Ana, CA, May 3, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 3, 1997, 08:49 local time
- Place: Santa Ana, CA
- Airport: John Wayne Airport-Orange Cou
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- 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: N4318Y (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28161
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,811 total, 600 in this make and model, 110 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970503022039I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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