# Accident 19800225004469A: Piper PA24250, Catalina, CA, February 25, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 25, 1980, 13:50 local time
- Place: Catalina, CA
- Airport: Catalina
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.4050° N, 118.4158° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CATALINA (AVX), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4050&lon=-118.4158&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6825P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6825P-1984-07-11) (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: 276 total, 178 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800225004469A

## Narrative

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

BELOW PROPER APPROACH PATH IMPACTED SHORT OF RUNWAY. SEVERED LANDING GEAR. STOPPED ON RUNWAY.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

## Other reports on N6825P (1)

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

- [Incident 19800731063189I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800731063189I), Jul 31, 1980: Piper PA24250 (N6825P), Long Beach, CA, Minor damage. Right main gear would not extend fully. Conduit assembly housing had separated at swivel joint.

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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