20161208018979I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Diamond Aircraft Ind DA 40 · Santa Paula, CA · December 8, 2016

Date
December 8, 2016 · 15:10 local
Place
Santa Paula, CA
Airport
Santa Paula
Phase of flight
Taxi
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N385DS
Reported as
Diamond Aircraft Ind DA 40
Reported engine
Lycoming IO-360-MIA+
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
700 total350 in this make and model50 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

N385DS, during taxi, after landing, clipped left wingtip of the incident aircraft, with two parked aircraft, causing minor damage to both. The first impact to parked aircraft, N4632M, caused minor damage to the engine cowling. The second impact to parked aircraft, N7965Z caused minor damage to the wing strut.

As the FAA filed it

N385DS, DURING TAXI, AFTER LANDING, CLIPPED LEFT WINGTIP OF THE INCIDENT AIRCRAFT, WITH TWO PARKED AIRCRAFT, CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO BOTH. THE FIRST IMPACT TO PARKED AIRCRAFT, N4632M, CAUSED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE ENGINE COWLING. THE SECOND IMPACT TO PARKED AIRCRAFT, N7965Z CAUSED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE WING STRUT.