- Date
- November 27, 1985, 19:50 local (Nov 28, 1985, 03:50 UTC)
- Place
- Santa Maria, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N32998Piper PA-32-300
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19851127062639A
- Case key
- 25030
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
After completing a nighttime business flight, the plt landed and taxied to parking. Enroute the plt attempted to taxi between two hangars and around a wash rack. The acft collided with an unmarked curb adjacent to the wash rack and the gear collapsed bending the right wing. The plt stated that the curb protruded into an area of the ramp where acft are permitted to taxi.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N32998
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32-300
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 32-7540079
- Airframe hours
- 1,864
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-K1A5, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Farroll Equipment Company
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Unknown · February 28, 1985
- Departed
- L52 · Oceano, CA
- Airport
- SMX · Santa Maria Public, runway 30, 6,300 × 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
- 52
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 6,963 total · 444 in this make and model · 6,571 as pilot in command · 118 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Wind
- 300° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 4 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,170 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 59 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.