# Incident 19790728012859I: Piper J4A, San Luis Obispo, CA, July 28, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 28, 1979, 15:30 local time
- Place: San Luis Obispo, CA
- Airport: Co
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Other Ground Ops
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.2662° N, 120.6684° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of San Luis Obispo, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.2662&lon=-120.6684&mi=10
- Aircraft: N24536, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N24536) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper J4A (registry code 7100604, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-j4a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental A&C65 series (registry code 17003, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-a-c65-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER J4A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,100 total, 150 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/19790728012859I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT NOSED UP DUE TO GUSTY WINDS.

## Other reports on N24536 (4)

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

- [Incident 20120219002509I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120219002509I), Feb 19, 2012: Piper J4A (N24536), San Diego, CA, Minor damage. While landing, student pilot applied excessive brakes causing the aircraft to end up on its nose. Acft sustained minor damage, specifically, acft prop…
- [Accident 20091024021699A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20091024021699A), Oct 24, 2009: Piper J4A (N24536), San Diego/El C, CA, Substantial damage. On October 24, 2009 at 1150 a.m. PDT, flight instructor alvin c. wood was on a familiarization and training flight with the aircraft owner [privacy data…
- [Incident 19910922050349I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910922050349I), Sep 22, 1991: Piper J4A (N24536), Jamul, CA. During missed approach from simulated forced landing engine failed. Landed in field and flipped over.
- [Incident 19820122040349I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820122040349I), Jan 22, 1982: Piper J4A (N24536), Prescott, AZ, Minor damage. Engine power loss on sightseeing flight. Nosed over in snow on landing, conditions ideal for carburetor ice.

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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