# Accident 20161122021482A: Piper PA-28-181, San Diego, CA, November 22, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 22, 2016, 13:13 local time
- Place: San Diego, CA
- Airport: Montgomery Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Collision: Collision on the ground
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.8131° N, 117.1375° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8131&lon=-117.1375&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2242W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2242W-2018-05-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102807, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-181
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 2,400 total, 1,700 in this make and model, 80 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA17CA077](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA17CA077) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20161122021482A

## Narrative

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

N2242W WAS ON TAXIWAY HOTEL HOLDING SHORT OF JULIET AS INSTRUCTED BY ATC. N2242W WAS STRUCK FROM BEHIND BY N3242. THE OUTBOARD PORTION OF THE LEFT WING OF N3242 STRUCK THE EMPENNAGE OF N2242W CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO BOTH AIRCRAFT.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N3242, Curtiss Wright TRAVEL AIR 4000: [Accident 20161122021472A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20161122021472A)

## 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 GAA17CA077](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA17CA077), Nov 22, 2016: Piper PA28 (N2242W), San Diego, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The other pilot’s failure to see and avoid the airplane stopped ahead of him during taxi.

## Other reports on N2242W (1)

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

- [Incident 19950831041869I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950831041869I), Aug 31, 1995: Piper PA28181 (N2242W), Atlantic City, NJ. Narrative: prop and bottom of aft fuselage damaged due to hard landing. [privacy data omitted] Incident closed.

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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