# Incident 20070409007189I: Piper PA24250, Santa Rosa, CA, April 9, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 9, 2007, 06:05 local time
- Place: Santa Rosa, CA
- Airport: Sonoma County
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Other Ground Ops
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.4405° N, 122.7144° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Santa Rosa, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.4405&lon=-122.7144&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6852P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6852P) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,615 total, 43 in this make and model, 118 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070409007189I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AT 5:15 AM, PILOT PERFORMED THE PREFLIGHT OF THE AIRCRAFT AND PULLED AIRCRAFT OUT OF HANGAR WITH A PASSENGER'S HELP. AFTER ENGINE START THE PILOT NOTIED THE AIRCRAFT ROLLING DOWN THE RAMP. HE PULLED THE THROTTLE BACK TO IDLE AND APPLIED HARD RIGHT RUDDER, AS THIS HAD LITTLE EFFECT HE REACHED FOR THE DASH MOUNTED BRAKE, BUT INSTEAD, IN THE DARK FOUND THE ADJACENT FLAP LEVER AND PULLED THAT (THIS MAKE/MODEL DOES NOT HAVE TOE BRAKES). WHEN HE REALIZED THAT HE AND THE PASSENGER WERE GOING TO STRIKE THE DOOR OF THE ADJACENT HANGAR HE PULLED THE MIXTURE CONTROL TO KILL THE ENGINE. THEY BOTH EXITED THE AIRCRAFT AND PUSHED IT BACK TO INSPECT IT. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

## Other reports on N6852P (2)

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

- [Accident 20260628007279A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20260628007279A), Jun 28, 2026: Piper PA-24-250 (N6852P), Hazen, ND, Destroyed, 1 fatal. The aircraft departed Mercer regional airport (khze) in Hazen, ND at about 13:17 central daylight time on runway 15. A witness reported seeing the airplane…
- [Incident 20200907014449I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200907014449I), Sep 7, 2020: Piper PA-24-250 (N6852P), Minot, ND, Minor damage. Pilot stated that he was out of his usual routine and selected the gear handle down to late on approach. The gear was in transit at touchdown which helped…

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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