# Incident 19791025054459I: Univar A2ALON, Birmingham, AL, October 25, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 25, 1979, 17:08 local time
- Place: Birmingham, AL
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.5207° N, 86.8025° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Birmingham, AL, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.5207&lon=-86.8025&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5609F, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5609F) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Alon A2 (registry code 0540102, https://openairdocs.org/model/alon-a2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C90 series (registry code 17009, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c90-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: UNIVAR A2ALON
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 108 total, 40 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/19791025054459I

## Narrative

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

NOSE WHEEL KNOCKED OFF IN HARD LANDING AND PORPOISE.

## Other reports on N5609F (1)

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

- [Accident 19840903049599A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840903049599A), Sep 3, 1984: Univar A2ALON (N5609F), Vero Beach, FL, Substantial damage. Engine quit, landed onm road, hit 6 mail boxes. Bolt securing dome of fuel transfer pump mistorqued, gasket dry.

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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