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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-36-285 · Tulare, CA · April 15, 1977

Date
April 15, 1977
Place
Tulare, CA
Airport
Tulare
Phase of flight
Forced/Precautionary Landing
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N9965P
NTSB investigation
NTSBOAK77DVA26
Reported as
Piper PA36285
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
4,200 total1,200 in this make and model300 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Fuel injector nozzles partially plugged with dirt particles.

As the FAA filed it

FUEL INJECTOR NOZZLES PARTIALLY PLUGGED WITH DIRT PARTICLES.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.