# Incident 19981013036969I: Piper PA28161, Santa Ana, CA, October 13, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 13, 1998, 10:51 local time
- Place: Santa Ana, CA
- Airport: John Wayne Airport-Orange Cou
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Idling Engines
- 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: N2525Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2525Y) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-161 (registry code 7102803, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-161) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 750 total, 400 in this make and model, 196 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981013036969I

## Narrative

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

(-5) WHILE PA-28, N2525Y, WAS HOLDING ON TAXIWAY "C", SHORT OF TAXIWAY "K", THE AIRCRAFT ENCOUNTERED JET BLAST FROM A B757 THAT WAS TAXIING ON TAXIWAY "A" INTO THE MAIN TERMINAL GATE NO. 7 FOR PARKING. AS A RESULT OF THE JET BLAST, THE PA-28 LIFTED UP ON THE RIGHT SIDE CAUSING THE LEFT WING AND PROPELLER TO CONTACT THE GROUND. INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT REVEALED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE WING TIP FAIRING, OUTBOARD WING RIB AT THE LEADING EDGE, AND PROPELLER TIP. NO WING SPAR OR LANDING GEAR DAMAGE WAS NOTED. THE PILOT OF N2525Y OBSERVED THE B757, LATER IDENTIFIED AS TWA FLIGHT NO. 65, TAXIING INTO PARKING AT GATE NO. 7, WHICH IS ABEAM TAXIWAY "K"

## Other reports on N2525Y (2)

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

- [Incident 20050718026949I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050718026949I), Jul 18, 2005: Piper PA28161 (N2525Y), El Cajon, CA. (-23) During approach for landing (in the pattern doing touch and go's), one of the cylinder heads blew off and the aircraft experienced a sudden loss of…
- [Incident 19950728026309I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950728026309I), Jul 28, 1995: Piper PA28151 (N2525Y), Santa Ana, CA, Minor damage. Engine quit turning off runway. Crew was about to tow aircraft when fire erupted. Put out by afd. Burned alt belt.

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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