# Incident 19951217041439I: Piper PA38112, Avalon, CA, December 17, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 17, 1995, 15:00 local time
- Place: Avalon, CA
- Airport: Catalina Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- 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: N25954, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N25954-2020-12-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-38-112 (registry code 7103812, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-38-112) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA38112
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19951217041439I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: PILOT GROUND LOOPED ON LANDING AT CATALINA. CALLED PILOT HOME PHONE NUMBER, BUT THE PERSON WHO ANSWERED DID NOT SPEAK ENGLISH. MR. RICHARD SEALS OF SOUTH BAY AVIATION, THE OPERATOR OF THE AIRCRAFT, SAYS THERE WAS NO INDICATION OF A BRAKE FAILURE, AND THAT PILOT TECHNIQUE MAY HAVE CAUSED THIS INCIDENT. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

## Other reports on N25954 (3)

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

- [Incident 19930123000849I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930123000849I), Jan 23, 1993: Piper PA38112 (N25954), Torrance, CA, Minor damage. Left main gear collapsed on landing rollout. Found a broken gear bolt.
- [Incident 19900625035549I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900625035549I), Jun 25, 1990: Piper PA38112 (N25954), Torrance, CA, Minor damage. Nose gear separated from aircraft on lift off. Lower cylinder structure and stop assembly improperly installed.
- [Accident 19860429017719A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860429017719A), Apr 29, 1986: Piper PA38112 (N25954), Fallbrook, CA, Substantial damage. Landed long and downwind and intentionally veered off side of runway after realizing he could not stop.

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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