# Incident 20140111015601I: Piper PA-18-150, Borrego Springs, CA, January 11, 2014

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 11, 2014, 13:45 local time
- Place: Borrego Springs, CA
- Airport: Borrego Valley
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Collision: Collision on the ground
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.2590° N, 116.3210° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BORREGO VALLEY (L08), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.2590&lon=-116.3210&mi=10
- Aircraft: N838JW, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N838JW) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18-150 (registry code 7101828, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18-150) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-18-150
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 19,000 total, 2,800 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140111015601I

## Narrative

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

01/11/2014:  A COLLISION TOOK PLACE AT THE FUEL FARM AT THE BORREGO VALLEY AIRPORT (L08) INVOLVING A PIPER PA-18 SUPER CUB AND A MOONEY M-20C.

WHILE REPOSITIONING FROM HIS HANGAR TO THE FUEL FARM THE PIC OF THE SUPER CUB STATED THAT HE COULD SEE TWO OTHER AIRCRAFT PARKED AT THE FUEL FARM.  WHILE HE WAS POSITIONING HIS AIRCRAFT FOR FUEL HIS ATTENTION WAS FOCUSED ON THE THIRD AIRCRAFT.  HE SWUNG HIS AIRCRAFT AROUND AND IN DOING SO STRUCK THE MOONEY'S VERTICAL STABILIZER WITH HIS WING AND HIT THE LEFT WING OF THE MOONEY WITH HIS PROP.  NO VISUAL DAMAGE THE THE SUPER CUB WAS NOTED BUT DAMAGE TO THE MOONEY WAS SUBSTANTIAL.  BOTH AIRCRAFT ARE HANGERED AT BORREGO VALLEY.  (PICTURES OF THE MOONEY ARE INCLUDED WITH THIS REPORT)

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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