# Incident 19870510058129I: Piper PA24, San Diego, CA, May 10, 1987

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 10, 1987, 15:34 local time
- Place: San Diego, CA
- Airport: Montgomery Field Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.7153° N, 117.1573° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of San Diego, CA, within about 10 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7153&lon=-117.1573&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8371P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8371P-2019-05-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-180 (registry code 7102403, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24
- Reported engine: LYC O360A1A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 466 total, 125 in this make and model, 26 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870510058129I

## Narrative

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

ENGINE HESITATED ON GO AROUND. AIRCRAFT STRUCK THE GROUND ON THE DOWNWIND SIDE OF THE RUNWAY.

## Other reports on N8371P (1)

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

- [Accident 20181003016659A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20181003016659A), Oct 3, 2018: Piper PA-24-180 (N8371P), Smithville, TN, Substantial damage. The pilot started the engine and confirmed he had good oil pressure and fuel pressure. He then taxied to the runway hold short line and waited for traffic too…

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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