Individually Owned: 151,845
Corporate Owned: 143,699
John Wayne Orange County Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report
Santa Ana, California 92626
Thursday, December 23, 1999 12:14 PST
NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident
A Pitts S-2B biplane collided with a Piper PA-28R-201 while taxiing for takeoff from a tee hangar area. The Piper was stopped at the end of the alley between the tee hangar rows holding short of an active taxiway awaiting a clearance from ground control when the collision occurred. The Pitts pilot stated that he was between a tee hangar row when he had been cleared for takeoff. He said he was performing S-turns for forward visibility while taxiing. During the second S-turn, he contacted the left wing and fuselage of the Piper. A ground witness was standing on the ramp at the end of a tee hangar row off the right wing of the Piper. He stated that the Piper was stationary and the Pitts taxied up from behind and tried to cut between the Piper and a tee hangar. The witness said he had to run from his location out of the path of the Pitts to keep from being hit.
NTSB Probable Cause Narrative
The pilot's failure to maintain an adequate obstruction clearance while taxiing.
Event Information
| Type of Event | Accident |
| Event Date | 12/23/1999 |
| Event Day of the Week | Thursday |
| Time of Event | 1214 |
| Event Time Zone | Pacific Standard Time |
| Event City | SANTA ANA |
| Event State | CALIFORNIA |
| Event Country | -- |
| Zipcode of the event site | 92626 |
| Event Date Year | 1999 |
| Event Date Month | 12 |
| MidAir Collision Indicator | No |
| On Ground Collision occurred ? | Yes |
| Event Location Latitude | -- |
| Event Location Longitude | -- |
| Event Location Airport | JOHN WAYNE ORANGE COUNTY |
| Event Location Nearest Airport ID | SNA |
| Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport | On Airport |
| Distance from airport in statute miles | -- |
| Degrees magnetic from airport | -- |
| Airport Elevation | -- |
| Weather Briefing Completeness | Not pertinent |
| Investigator's weather source | Weather Observation Facility |
| Time of the weather observation | 1242 Pacific Standard Time |
| Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) | 0 |
| Weather Observation Facility ID | SNA |
| Elevation of weather observation facility | 54 |
| Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) | 0 |
| Time Zone of the weather observation | PST |
| Lighting Conditions | Day |
| Lowest Ceiling Height | 0 |
| Lowest Non-Ceiling Height | 0 |
| Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions | Clear |
| Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling | None |
| Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) | 0 |
| Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) | 0 |
| Visibility (Statute Miles) | 10 |
| Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) | 25 |
| Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) | 2 |
| Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) | 0 |
| Variable Wind Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Speed (knots) | 0 |
| Wind Velocity Indicator | Light and Variable |
| Wind Gust Indicator | Not Gusting |
| Wind Gust (knots) | 0 |
| Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) | 30 |
| Density Altitude (feet) | -- |
| Intensity of Precipitation | Unknown |
| METAR weather report | -- |
| Event Highest Injury | None |
| On Ground, Fatal Injuries | 0 |
| On Ground, Minor Injuries | 0 |
| On Ground, Serious Injuries | 0 |
| Injury Total Fatal | -- |
| Injury Total Minor | -- |
| Injury Total None | 2 |
| Injury Total Serious | -- |
| Injury Total All | -- |
| Investigating Agency | NTSB |
| NTSB Docket Number (internal use) | 11245 |
| NTSB Notification Source | -- |
| NTSB Notification Date | Dec 23 1999 12:00AM |
| NTSB Notification Time | 1255 |
| Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information | IMAGE |
| Date of most recent change to record | Jan 2 2002 7:11AM |
| User who most recently changed record | NTSB\MONR |
| Basic weather conditions | Visual Meteorological Cond |
| FAA District Office | -- |
Aircraft Involved |
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|---|---|---|
Aircraft #1 |
Aircraft #2 |
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| Aircraft Registration Number | N87WA | N43793 |
| NTSB Number | LAX00LA060A | LAX00LA060B |
| Missing Aircraft Indicator | N | N |
| Federal Aviation Reg. Part | Part 91: General Aviation | Part 91: General Aviation |
| Type of Flight Plan filed | None | None |
| Flight plan Was Activated? | -- | -- |
| Damage | Minor | Substantial |
| Aircraft Fire | None | None |
| Aircraft Explosion | None | None |
| Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name | Pitts | Piper |
| Aircraft Model | S-2B | PA-28R-201 |
| Aircraft Series Identifier | S-2B | PA-28R-201 |
| Aircraft Serial Number | 5111 | 28R-7737135 |
| Certified Max Gross Weight | -- | 2150 |
| Aircraft Category | Airplane | Airplane |
| Aircraft Registration Class | U.S. Registered/U.S. Soil | U.S. Registered/U.S. Soil |
| Aircraft is a homebuilt? | No | No |
| Flight Crew Seats | -- | -- |
| Cabin Crew Seats | -- | -- |
| Passenger Seats | -- | -- |
| Total number of seats on the aircraft | -- | 4 |
| Number of Engines | 1 | 1 |
| Fixed gear or retractable gear | Fixed | Retractable |
| Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection | Unknown | Annual |
| Date of Last Inspection | -- | -- |
| Airframe hours since last inspection | -- | 30 |
| Airframe Hours | 763 | 3050 |
| ELT Installed | Unknown | Yes |
| ELT Activated | Unknown | No |
| ELT Aided Location of Event Site | Unknown | Unknown |
| ELT Type | -- | -- |
| Aircraft Owner Name | PHILLIP R. ROTHWELL | TOM BURGESS LOGAN |
| Aircraft Owner Street Address | 171 WILDWOOD DR. | 1041 W. 18TH ST. STE. A102 |
| Aircraft Owner City | PRESCOTT | COSTA MESA |
| Aircraft Owner State | AZ | CA |
| Aircraft Owner Country | ||
| Aircraft Owner Zipcode | 86301 | 92627 |
| Operator is an individual? | -- | -- |
| Operator Name | DORIAN CHRISTIAN VINIEGRA | |
| Operator Same as Owner? | No | Yes |
| Operator Is Doing Business As | -- | -- |
| Operator Address Same as Owner? | No | Yes |
| Operator Street Address | 5230 OTIS AVE | |
| Operator City | TARZANA | |
| Operator State | CA | |
| Operator Country | ||
| Operator Zip code | 91356 | |
| Operator Code | ||
| Owner has at least one certificate | None | None |
| Other Operator of large aircraft? | No | No |
| Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation | Unknown | Unknown |
| Operator Certificate Number | -- | -- |
| Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not | -- | -- |
| Indicates Domestic or International Flight | -- | -- |
| Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail | -- | -- |
| Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) | Personal | Personal |
| Second Pilot on Board | No | No |
| Departure Point Same as Event | Yes | Yes |
| Departure Airport Code | SNA | SNA |
| Departure City | ||
| Departure State | CA | CA |
| Departure Country | ||
| Departure Time | 0 | 0 |
| Departure Time Zone | ||
| Destination Same as Local Flt | dest & departure same, accident can occur anywhere | dest & departure same, accident can occur anywhere |
| Destination Airport Code | ||
| Destination City | ||
| Destination State | ||
| Destination Country | ||
| Specific Phase of Flight | Taxi | Standing |
| Report sent to ICAO? | -- | -- |
| Evacuation occurred | -- | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | Mar 12 2001 4:07AM | Mar 12 2001 4:07AM |
| User who most recently changed record | dbo | dbo |
| Since inspection or accident | -- | -- |
| Event Location Runway Number and Location | 0 | 0 |
| Runway Length | -- | -- |
| Runway Width | -- | -- |
| Sight Seeing flight | No | No |
| Air Medical Flight | No | No |
| Medical Flight | -- | -- |