# Accident 20100907045709A: Piper PA-28-235, Arvin, CA, September 7, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 7, 2010, 09:00 local time
- Place: Arvin, CA
- Airport: Paradise Lakes Estates Airpark
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.1767° N, 118.9272° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.1767&lon=-118.9272&mi=10
- Aircraft: N32025, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N32025) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-235 (registry code 7102810, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-235) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-235
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-540 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,050 total, 700 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR10CA451](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR10CA451) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100907045709A

## Narrative

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

ON 09-07-2010 AT 0900 PDT, A PA28-235 , N32025 WHILE TAXIING FROM ITS HANGER TO THE RUNWAY STRUCK A FENCE WHILE ON THE TAXIWAY. THE AIRCRAFTS RIGHT WINGTIP IMMEDIATELY CAUGHT ON FIRE AT THE SAME TIME THE AIRCRAFT WAS ROTATED INTO THE FENCE CAUSING THE PROPELLER TO STRIKE THE FENCE CAUSING SUDDEN STOPPAGE TO THE ENGINE. ADDITIONAL FIRE DAMAGE WAS CAUSED BY STRAW THAT CAUGHT ON FIRE CAUSING  THE ENTIRE RIGHT WING AND ENGINE COWLING TO RECEIVE FIRE DAMAGE.

## 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 WPR10CA451](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR10CA451), Sep 7, 2010: Piper PA-28-235 (N32025), Paradise Lakes Estates, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain clearance from a fence during taxi.

## Other reports on N32025 (1)

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

- [Accident 19770801023339A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770801023339A), Aug 1, 1977: Piper PA28235 (N32025), Lancaster, TX, Substantial damage. Plt made go-arnd. Further dmg on subsequent ldg.

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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