Piper PA-28-235 N32025
7 September 2010 · Paradise Lakes Estates, California, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 7 September 2010 at about 16:42 local time, a Piper PA-28-235 registered N32025, operated by Joseph R Biafora, Jr, was involved in an accident near Paradise Lakes Estates, California, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.
The record
- Date
- at 16:42
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Paradise Lakes Estates, California, United States
- Nearest airport
- Paradise Lake Airport (7CA2)
- Coordinates
- 35.1767, -118.9272
- Aircraft
- Piper PA-28-235
- Registration
- N32025
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Joseph R Biafora, Jr
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Paradise Lakes Estates → Van Nuys
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- WPR10CA451
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain clearance from a fence during taxi.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
The pilot reported that he was taxiing to the run up area when the right wing collided with a chain link fence. The right wing tip tank caught fire, and the airplane turned to the right, coming to a stop with the nose into the fence. The right wing sustained crush damage and fire damage. About a year before this accident, the airport’s water well had become inoperative, and a new well was installed with the chain link fence around it, closer to the taxiway. A Federal Aviation Administration inspector reported that the fence line (on the right side) to taxiway centerline is 19 feet. The tree line (on the left side) to taxiway centerline is 25 feet. The airplane's total wingspan is 33 feet.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 Jun 2010 | Piper PA-28-181 | Umpire, Arkansas, United States | Michael Hunt | Fatal | 4 |
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| 6 Mar 2010 | Piper PA-28-140 | Martinsville, Indiana, United States | - | No injuries | - |
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