# Incident 19791030053309I: Piper PA28140, Los Alamitos, CA, October 30, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 30, 1979, 14:45 local time
- Place: Los Alamitos, CA
- Airport: Afb
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.7969° N, 118.0612° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Los Alamitos, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7969&lon=-118.0612&mi=10
- Aircraft: N41433, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N41433-2012-11-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28140
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 515 total, 254 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/19791030053309I

## Narrative

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

PILOT HIT HARD, BOUNCED ON THE NOSE GEAR, MANAGED TO GO AROUND.

## Other reports on N41433 (1)

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

- [Incident 19780421013299I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780421013299I), Apr 21, 1978: Piper PA28140 (N41433), Los Alamitos, CA, Minor damage. Pilot practicing made hard landing. Went around. Returned to service area later to find prop & engine mounts bent.

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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