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LAX01LA017

2000-10-07 · SANTA PAULA, California, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Airport SZP

N707SR has since been reassigned. It is now registered to a different aircraft (RANS S-7S, built 2013), which was not involved in this event.

Aircraft involved

Probable cause & findings

The failure of the pilot to maintain control of the tail wheel equipped aircraft while taxiing due to excessive taxi speed resulting in a collision with parked aircraft.

Factual narrative

On October 7, 2000, at 1700 hours Pacific daylight time, an Aeronca 7AC, N707SR, was substantially damaged when the aircraft turned left off runway 22 after landing and struck two parked aircraft at the Santa Paula, California, airport. The certificated commercial pilot and one passenger were not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the personal flight, which was operated by the owner under 14 CFR Part 91. The local area flight departed from Santa Paula at 1655 and no flight plan was filed. In his report to the Safety Board the pilot acknowledged taxiing too fast while exiting the runway after landing. The pilot said he was taxiing his tail wheel equipped aircraft too fast while exiting the runway after landing. His aircraft struck two parked aircraft. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_2000_LAX01LA017.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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