# Accident 20170716024612A: Spani Wayne M STARDUSTER TOO SA300, San Diego, CA, July 16, 2017

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 16, 2017, 15:30 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: 32.8169° N, 117.1367° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8169&lon=-117.1367&mi=10
- Aircraft: N506WS, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N506WS) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Spani Wayne M STARDUSTER TOO SA300 (registry code 056197F, https://openairdocs.org/model/spani-wayne-m-starduster-too-sa300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O-435 (registry code 42063, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-435) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SPANI WAYNE M STARDUSTER TOO SA300
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O-435
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 384 total, 299 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA17CA411](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA17CA411) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170716024612A

## Narrative

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

STARDUSTER N506WS WAS TAXING ON TAXIWAY C TO THE RUN UP AREA FOR RWY 23. AHEAD OF HIM WAS N5396E. N5396E WAS WAITING ON TAXIWAY C FOR HIS TURN IN THE RUN UP AREA AS MULTIPLE AIRCRAFT WERE AHEAD OF HIM. AS N5396E WAITED, N506WS STRUCK THIS AIRCRAFT FROM BEHIND CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N5396E, Cessna 172N: no report for this aircraft; [N5396E](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5396E) is registered now

## 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 GAA17CA411](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA17CA411), Jul 16, 2017: Spani Wayne M Starduster TOO SA300 (N506WS), San Diego, CA, minor damage. Probable cause: The other pilot's failure to maintain separation from a stationary airplane during the taxi to the runway.

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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