# Incident 19880406041519I: Piper PA24260, Fullerton, CA, April 6, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 6, 1988, 14:50 local time
- Place: Fullerton, CA
- Airport: Fullerton Municipal
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.8720° N, 117.9798° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FULLERTON MUNI (FUL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8720&lon=-117.9798&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8866P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8866P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-260 (registry code 7102406, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-260) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24260
- Reported engine: LYC O540E4A5
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 200 total, 94 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880406041519I

## Narrative

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

MADE A HARD AND FAST LANDING. LOST CONTROL OF AIRCRAFT. LEFT TIRE DEPARTED RUNWAY. NO DAMAGE.

## Other reports on N8866P (2)

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

- [Accident 19951018033029A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19951018033029A), Oct 18, 1995: Piper PA24260 (N8866P), Wakeeney, KS, Substantial damage. Failed to ascertain wind direction tried land. Got downdraft. Impacted short of runway. High speed steep bank turn.
- [Accident 19770307005139A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770307005139A), Mar 7, 1977: Piper PA24260 (N8866P), Eckley, CO, Substantial damage. Oil line P/N24884 failed. 33.61HRS on fcty new eng installed 1/25/77.

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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