# Incident 19850818074519I: Piper PA24250, Los Angeles, CA, August 18, 1985

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 18, 1985, 08:30 local time
- Place: Los Angeles, CA
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.0522° N, 118.2437° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Los Angeles, CA, within about 12 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0522&lon=-118.2437&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7773P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7773P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-250 (registry code 7102404, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24250
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 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/19850818074519I

## Narrative

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

AFTER CLIMBING TO VFR ON TOP, PILOT CANCELLED IFR.AIRCRAFT ENTERED TCA WITHOUT CLEARANCE. VECTORS GIVEN TO AIRPORT.

## Other reports on N7773P (2)

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

- [Incident 19950820035049I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950820035049I), Aug 20, 1995: Piper PA24250 (N7773P), El Paso, TX, Minor damage. Bounced landing twice. Began go around. Retracted gear but settled off side of runway gear intransit.
- [Accident 19781010033159A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781010033159A), Oct 10, 1978: Piper PA24400 (N7773P), Santa Rosa, CA, Substantial damage. Power failure due to magneto grounding, assign qcflag eq 0101

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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