# Incident 19881204069149I: Piper PA28161, Livermore, CA, December 4, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 4, 1988, 18:00 local time
- Place: Livermore, CA
- Airport: Livermore Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.6934° N, 121.8204° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LIVERMORE MUNI (LVK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6934&lon=-121.8204&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2520U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2520U-1992-12-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-161 (registry code 7102803, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-161) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28161
- Reported engine: LYC O320D3G
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,495 total, 200 in this make and model, 210 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881204069149I

## Narrative

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

STUDENT PULLED AND SET PARKING BRAKE INSTEAD OF FLAPS. HIGHER SPEED RESULTED IN FLOAT. BRAKE SET MADE TIRE BLOW.

## Other reports on N2520U (1)

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

- [Accident 19910927063269A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910927063269A), Sep 27, 1991: Piper PA28161 (N2520U), San Carlos, CA, Substantial damage. Engine lost power on climbout. Forced landed in muddy field. Intake valve had failed on freshly reworked engine.

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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