# Incident 19890311020239I: Piper PA28161, Fullerton, CA, March 11, 1989

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 11, 1989, 13:15 local time
- Place: Fullerton, CA
- Airport: Fullerton Municipal
- Phase of flight: Initial Approach-IFR
- 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: N9750K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9750K-2010-01-12) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 214 total, 70 in this make and model, 45 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890311020239I

## Narrative

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

EXPERIENCING RADIO PROBLEMS. DID NOT REALIZE WAS IN CONFLICT WITH OTHER TRAFFIC. ESTABLISHED CONTACT AND LANDED.

## Other reports on N9750K (2)

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

- [Accident 19930220003069A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930220003069A), Feb 20, 1993: Piper PA28161 (N9750K), Bakersfield, CA, Substantial damage. Collapsed right main landing gear on a hard landng. Strut came out top of wing.
- [Incident 19810517035049I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810517035049I), May 17, 1981: Piper PA28181 (N9750K), Five Points, CA, Minor damage. Left wing struck a ditch digger that was located just off the left side of the runway,

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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