# Incident 19991025029329I: Piper PA28181, King City, CA, October 25, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 25, 1999, 16:10 local time
- Place: King City, CA
- Airport: Mesa Del Rey Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.2286° N, 121.1213° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MESA DEL REY (KIC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.2286&lon=-121.1213&mi=10
- Aircraft: N181GP, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N181GP) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102807, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (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 PA28181
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 80 total, 80 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991025029329I

## Narrative

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

(-23) WHILE LANDING AT KING CITY AIRPORT, KING CITY, CA N181GP, A PIPER 28-181 SERIAL NUMBER 28-8490061, LANDED HARD AND STRUCK THE PROPELLER. THE PILOT, UNAWARE OF THE GROUND STRIKE, APPLIED POWER TOOK OFF WENT AROUND THE AIRFIELD AND LANDED A SECOND TIME WITHOUT INCIDENT.  ENGINE DID NOT STOP FROM GROUND IMPACT.  THE PILOT IS A STUDENT AND HAS BEEN GIVEN ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTION.

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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