# Accident 19780211001529A: Univar A2AALON, Christmas Vly, OR, February 11, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 11, 1978
- Place: Christmas Vly, OR
- Airport: Christmas Valley
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Location: 43.2362° N, 120.6647° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CHRISTMAS VALLEY (62S), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.2362&lon=-120.6647&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6523Q (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: UNIVAR A2AALON
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 490 total, 465 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA78DYK10](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA78DYK10) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780211001529A

## Narrative

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

75 FT WIDE RUNWAY,BORDERED BY BRUSH,ROCKS,ETC. NOSE STEERING BALL FAILED. MOD KIT AVAIL,UNUSED

## 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 SEA78DYK10](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA78DYK10), Feb 11, 1978: Alon A-2 (N6523Q), Christmas Vly, OR, 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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