# Incident 20160515009039I: Piper PA-28-151, Santa Ana, CA, May 15, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 15, 2016, 12:00 local time
- Place: Santa Ana, CA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.7368° N, 117.8829° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Santa Ana, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7368&lon=-117.8829&mi=10
- Aircraft: N32251, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N32251) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-151 (registry code 7102805, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-151) (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-28-151
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 965 total, 133 in this make and model, 67 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160515009039I

## Narrative

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

A SOUTHWEST AIRLINES (SWA) B-737 WAS HOLDING SHORT OF SANTA ANA (SNA) RUNWAY(RWY) 20R AT INTERSECTION L. A PA-28 WAS HOLDING SHORT OF SNA RWY 20L AT INTERSECTION K. THE INSTRUCTOR IN THE PA-28 WHO WAS PROVIDING INSTRUCTION TO THE STUDENT PILOT ON SHORT FIELD TAKEOFFS AND LANDINGS REQUESTED FROM SNA ATC 20L FULL LENGTH WHICH HE WAS SUBSEQUENTLY GRANTED. THIS PLACED THE PA-28 BEHIND THE B-737. THE 737 WAS GIVEN TAKEOFF CLEARANCE. AS THE B-737 POWERED UP THE FORCE OF POWER UP THRUST LIFTED THE PA-28 CAUSING IT'S PROPELLER AND LEFT WINGTIP TO STRIKE THE GROUND.

## Other reports on N32251 (1)

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

- [Incident 19911103044629I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19911103044629I), Nov 3, 1991: Piper PA28151 (N32251), Livermore, CA, Minor damage. Engine failed after departure. Returned. Landed in field short of runway. Hit approach light tower.

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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