# Incident 20120219002509I: Piper J4A, San Diego, CA, February 19, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 19, 2012, 13:47 local time
- Place: San Diego, CA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.7153° N, 117.1573° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of San Diego, CA, within about 10 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7153&lon=-117.1573&mi=10
- Aircraft: N24536, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N24536) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper J4A (registry code 7100604, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-j4a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental A&C65 series (registry code 17003, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-a-c65-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER J4A
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR A&C65 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 100 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120219002509I

## Narrative

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

WHILE LANDING, STUDENT PILOT APPLIED EXCESSIVE BRAKES CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO END UP ON ITS NOSE. ACFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE, SPECIFICALLY, ACFT PROP DESTROYED. MINOR DAMAGE TO LOWER NOSE COWL.

## Other reports on N24536 (4)

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

- [Accident 20091024021699A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20091024021699A), Oct 24, 2009: Piper J4A (N24536), San Diego/El C, CA, Substantial damage. On October 24, 2009 at 1150 a.m. PDT, flight instructor alvin c. wood was on a familiarization and training flight with the aircraft owner [privacy data…
- [Incident 19910922050349I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910922050349I), Sep 22, 1991: Piper J4A (N24536), Jamul, CA. During missed approach from simulated forced landing engine failed. Landed in field and flipped over.
- [Incident 19820122040349I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820122040349I), Jan 22, 1982: Piper J4A (N24536), Prescott, AZ, Minor damage. Engine power loss on sightseeing flight. Nosed over in snow on landing, conditions ideal for carburetor ice.
- [Incident 19790728012859I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790728012859I), Jul 28, 1979: Piper J4A (N24536), San Luis Obispo, CA, Minor damage. Aircraft nosed up due to gusty winds.

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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