# Incident 19851013060799I: Piper PA28181, Avalon, CA, October 13, 1985

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 13, 1985, 12:50 local time
- Place: Avalon, CA
- Airport: Catalina
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- 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: N4299Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4299Q-2001-09-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102807, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28181
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 140 total, 50 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19851013060799I

## Narrative

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

FLARED LATE AND BOUNCED ON LANDING. NOSE WHEEL TOUCHED DOWN HARD AND COLLAPSED.

## Other reports on N4299Q (1)

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

- [Accident 20010616014339A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010616014339A), Jun 16, 2001: Piper PA28181 (N4299Q), Sedona, AZ, No damage. (.19)On June 16, 2001, at 1230 hours mountain standard time, a Piper PA-28-181, N4299Q, was substantially damaged during a ground fire event at Sedona,…

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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