# Incident 20070301007249I: Piper PA24250, Palo Alto, CA, March 1, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 1, 2007, 22:30 local time
- Place: Palo Alto, CA
- Airport: Palo Alto Airport-Santa Clara Cou
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.3965° N, 122.1431° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Palo Alto, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.3965&lon=-122.1431&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7579P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7579P-2013-05-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-250 (registry code 7102404, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24250
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 685 total, 660 in this make and model, 23 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070301007249I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON MARCH 01, 2007, THE OWNER OF N7579P, A PIPER PA-24-250, IN A STATEMENT FROM THE PILOT, WAS ATTEMPTING TO START THE AIRCRAFT TO DO SOME PATTERN WORK. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE HAD DIFFICULTY GETTING THE AIRCRAFT TO START SO HE GOT OUT AND PULLED THE AIRPLANE OUT IN CASE HE NEEDED A JUMP START. HE THEN GOT BACK IN TO GIVE IT ANOTHER TRY. HE ONLY GOT INTO THE RIGHT SIDE AND IT STARTED THIS TIME AND THE AIRCRAFT TAXIED ACROSS THE RAMP AND HIT THREE AIRPLANES BEFORE COMING TO A STOP. THE AIRCRAFT DOES NOT HAVE BRAKES ON THE RIGHT SIDE. THE FOLLOWING AIRCRAFT WERE ALSO INVOLVED IN THE INCIDENT: N15782, N202BD, N6040E. NOBODY WAS IN THESE AIRCRAFT AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT.

## Other reports on N7579P (2)

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

- [Incident 19990411020639I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990411020639I), Apr 11, 1999: Piper PA24250 (N7579P), Long Beach, CA. Pilot was on IFR flight plan in IMC conditions at 11,000 feet, -10 degree c, in moderate rain, experienced complete loss of engine power. Pilot stated that he…
- [Accident 19780125003589A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780125003589A), Jan 25, 1978: Piper PA24400 (N7579P), San Jose, CA, Substantial damage

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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