33.4050° N, 118.4158° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs at CATALINA (AVX), within about a mile.Open in the map
Date
September 17, 1985 · 11:00 local
Place
Avalon, CA
Airport
Catalina
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N2725B
Reported as
Gulstm 681
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,800 total400 in this make and model25 in the last 90 days
From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Hard landing after sink started at threshold. Nose gear collapsed on rollout.
As the FAA filed it
HARD LANDING AFTER SINK STARTED AT THRESHOLD. NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED ON ROLLOUT.