# Incident 20260312002012I: Piper PA-28-181, Riverside, CA, March 12, 2026

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 12, 2026, 11:30 local time
- Place: Riverside, CA
- Airport: Riverside Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Collision: Collision on the ground
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: CBUS
- Location: 33.9519° N, 117.4451° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at RIVERSIDE (RAL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9519&lon=-117.4451&mi=10
- Aircraft: N297CB, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N297CB) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102807, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming LYCOMING (registry code 42058, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-lycoming) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-181
- Reported engine: LYCOMING L-40631-51E
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 1,061 total, 826 in this make and model, 44 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20260312002012I

## Narrative

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

ON 03/12/2026, THIS OFFICE WAS NOTIFIED BY AIRPORT FACILITIES PERSONNEL THAT ON 03/11/2026 A PIPER ARCHER PA-28-181, COLLIDED WITH A PARKED AIRCRAFT WHILE TAXIING ON TAXIWAY B WITH THE INTENT OF DEPARTING RUNWAY 34. DURING THIS INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT FOR A CFII APPLICANT, THERE WAS A LACK OF FLIGHT CREW COORDINATION AND ATTENTION WHILE OPERATING IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THE PARKED AIRCRAFT WHICH RESULTED IN THE COLLISION WHERE THE LEADING EDGE OF THE WING OF EACH AIRCRAFT MADE CONTACT. BOTH AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE; FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR AND STUDENT REPORTED NO INJURIES.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N233CB, Piper Aircraft Inc PA-28-181: no report for this aircraft; [N233CB](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N233CB) is registered now

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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