Piper PA-28-181 Archer TX, N297CB, and Piper PA-28-181 Archer TX, N233CB, incident occurred on March 12, 2026, at Riverside Airport (RAL/KRAL), Riverside, California

This is preliminary information, subject to change, and may contain errors. Any errors in this report will be corrected when the final report has been completed.

https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=N297CB

https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=N233CB

 History of Flight:
On March 12, 2026, at about 1150 local time, a Piper PA-28-181 Archer TX, N297CB, registered to California Baptist University, and Piper PA-28-181 Archer TX, N233CB, registered to Zions Credit Corp and being operated by the Aviator College, both sustained unknown damage when they were involved in a ground collision at Riverside Airport (RAL/KRAL), Riverside, California. The pilot and passenger onboard N297CB were not injured. The local training flight originated from the airport.

The FAA reported: "Aircraft taxiing for departure and struck n233cb that was parked."

According to ADS-B data, N297CB was taxiing towards runway 34 when it came to a stop around the last reported location for N233CB.

Figure 1: N297CB last data points

Figure 2: N233CB last data points

Figure 3: Google Earth view