# Incident 19791123046969I: Piper PA28140, Big Bear City, CA, November 23, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 23, 1979, 16:30 local time
- Place: Big Bear City, CA
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.2611° N, 116.8450° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Big Bear City, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2611&lon=-116.8450&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6431W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6431W-1991-04-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28140
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 127 total, 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/19791123046969I

## Narrative

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

DURING LANDING IN GUSTY WIND CONDITIONS PILOT COLLAPSED NOSE WHEEL. DAMAGED PROP, DOWL, ENGINE MOUNT.

## Other reports on N6431W (1)

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

- [Accident 19900512015659A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900512015659A), May 12, 1990: Piper PA28140 (N6431W), Mesa, AZ, Destroyed. Low on fuel engine quit in right turn to runway but too high engine caught made right turn quit. Aircraft stalled.

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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