# Incident 19790525027889I: Piper PA24250, Santa Ana, CA, May 25, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 25, 1979, 18:15 local time
- Place: Santa Ana, CA
- Airport: Orange Co
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.7368° N, 117.8829° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Santa Ana, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7368&lon=-117.8829&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7508P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7508P-1981-10-15) (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
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,800 total, 1,100 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/19790525027889I

## Narrative

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

LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED ON ROLLOUT, CAUSE UNDETERMINED.

## Other reports on N7508P (1)

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

- [Accident 19800512012639A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800512012639A), May 12, 1980: Piper PA24250 (N7508P), Long Beach, CA, Substantial damage. Aileron control problem on takeoff. Crash-landed on other runway. Found aileron cables hooked up backward.

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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