- Date
- October 2, 1982, 11:58 local (18:58 UTC)
- Place
- Palm Springs, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N7537RPiper PA-28-140
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 2, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19821002053179A
- Case key
- 72145
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
While taxiing for takeoff the aircraft's left wing struck the nose of a Cessna 337, N547SE, which spun to the left and damaged a Piper PA-28, N8163E. The pilot stated that the Cessna 337 was 3 1/2 feet beyond alignment with other aircraft and extended into the taxiway.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7537R
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-140
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-22099
- Airframe hours
- 1,603
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2A, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Lyle Henderson
- Registered owner
- Lyle Henderson
- Departed
- PSP · Palm Springs, CA
- Destination
- San Diego
- Airport
- PSP · Palm Springs, runway 12, 700 × 150 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 49
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 159 total · 159 in this make and model · 130 as pilot in command · 30 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 75 statute miles
- Temperature
- 203 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.