# Accident 19780128000779A: Piper PA24400, Avalon, CA, January 28, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 28, 1978
- Place: Avalon, CA
- Airport: Catalina
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Location: 33.4050° N, 118.4158° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CATALINA (AVX), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4050&lon=-118.4158&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7516P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7516P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-250 (registry code 7102404, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24400
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 425 total, 400 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX78FUA10](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX78FUA10) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780128000779A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

DIDNT RETRACT FLAPS.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB LAX78FUA10](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX78FUA10), Jan 28, 1978: Piper PA-24 (N7516P), Avalon, CA, substantial damage

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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