# Incident 19780210005789I: Piper PA24250, Monterey, CA, February 10, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 10, 1978, 21:40 local time
- Place: Monterey, CA
- Airport: Peninsula
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.6012° N, 121.8828° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Monterey, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.6012&lon=-121.8828&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6522P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6522P-1994-05-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-250 (registry code 7102404, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24250
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,200 total, 500 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780210005789I

## Narrative

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

PILOT LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL AFTER TOUCHDOWN IN RAIN AND WITH A MODERATE CROSSWIND.

## Other reports on N6522P (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19940116000389A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940116000389A), Jan 16, 1994: Piper PA24250 (N6522P), Ratcliff, TX, Destroyed, 3 fatal. Advised VFR not recommended. Observed in dive to impact in wooded area. Wing and tail section separated in flight.

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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