# Accident 19981226034471A: Cessna 182G, San Andreas, CA, December 26, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 26, 1998, 18:00 local time
- Place: San Andreas, CA
- Airport: Calaveras Co-Maury Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Collision: Midair collision, first aircraft
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.7291° N, 123.3299° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7291&lon=-123.3299&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3787U, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3787U) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182G (registry code 2072716, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182G
- Reported engine: CONT O470R
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,758 total, 283 in this make and model, 24 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX99LA069](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX99LA069) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981226034471A

## Narrative

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

ACFT N3787U TAXIED INTO N21104. (.4)THE PILOT OF N3787U STATED THAT HE HAD RADIOED THAT HE WAS CLEAR OF THE RUNWAY AND WAS TAXIING TO TRANSIENT PARKING, AND DID NOT HEAR ANYONE ELSE ON FREQUENCY.  THE TAXIWAY AREA IS SURROUNDED BY TIE DOWN SPOTS ON EITHER SIDE OF IT. N11104 HAD PULLED FORWARD FROM THE TIE DOWN AREA, AND SAW N3787U MOVING IN HIS DIRECTION.  HE STOPPED, AND BELIEVED THAT N3787U HAD ENOUGH TIME TO STOP OR MANEUVER AROUND HIS AIRPLANE WITHOUT COLLIDING WITH IT OR THE OTHER AIRPLANES SURROUNDING THE AREA.  THE PILOT OF N3787U WAS CONCENTRATING HIS ATTENTION TO THE LEFT DUE TO AN AIRPLANE THAT THEY DID NOT WANT TO HIT.  N3787U HEARD A SOUND FROM THE RIGHT AND SAW THE RIGHT WING BEING CUT OFF.  THE TAXIWAY AREA AND AIRPLANES WERE INSPECTED ON-SCENE.  IT WAS NOTED THAT THE PILOT OF N3787U WOULD HAVE HAD A PARTIALLY OBSTRUCTED VIEW OF THE TAXIWAY AREA DUE TO AIRPLANES PARKED ON EITHER SIDE OF IT.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB LAX99LA069](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX99LA069), Dec 27, 1998: Cessna 182G (N3787U), San Andreas, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The other pilot's failure to maintain an adequate visual lookout while taxiing in a confined area between rows of parked aircraft.

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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