# Incident 20121218028029I: Piper PA-28-235, Concord, CA, December 18, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 18, 2012, 14:05 local time
- Place: Concord, CA
- Airport: Concord Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.9697° N, 121.9949° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Concord Airport (1927), closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.9697&lon=-121.9949&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8737W, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8737W) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-235 (registry code 7102810, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-235) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-235
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-540 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 133 total, 133 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20121218028029I

## Narrative

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

UPON LANDING N8737W WAS SUBJECTED TO A GUST OF WIND WHICH TIPPED THE AIRCRAFT OVER ON ITS NOSE AND RIGHT WING, CAUSING THE WING TIP FUEL TANK TO STRIKE THE RUNWAY, CREATING A HOLE IN THE FUEL TANK.

## Other reports on N8737W (1)

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

- [Accident 19880116000789A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880116000789A), Jan 16, 1988: Piper PA28235 (N8737W), Littlefield, TX, Substantial damage. Connecting rod bolt failure on final approach led to a crash landing short of the airport 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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