# Incident 19781125024599I: Piper PA34200, Avalon, CA, November 25, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 25, 1978, 08:10 local time
- Place: Avalon, CA
- Airport: Catalina
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- 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: N4374T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4374T-1992-03-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-200 (registry code 7103405, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA34200
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 560 total, 14 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/19781125024599I

## Narrative

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

WITH APPLICATION OF BRAKES AFTER LANDING PILOT LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL AS ONE BRAKE FAILED. HIT FENCE.

## Other reports on N4374T (2)

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

- [Accident 19890324004549A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890324004549A), Mar 24, 1989: Piper PA34200 (N4374T), Lake Elsinore, CA, Substantial damage. Gave student engine out landing with prop feathered. Too high,tried to go around on one engine. Hit a horse corral.
- [Incident 19790729022539I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790729022539I), Jul 29, 1979: Piper PA34200 (N4374T), Prescott, AZ, Minor damage. Nose gear collapsed on roll out due to broken bracket.

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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