# Accident 19780125007259A: Piper PA36285, Shandon, CA, January 25, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 25, 1978
- Place: Shandon, CA
- Airport: Shandon Duster
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Location: 35.6536° N, 120.3831° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Shandon, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.6536&lon=-120.3831&mi=10
- Aircraft: N55896, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N55896-1981-01-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-36-285 (registry code 7103610, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-36-285) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA36285
- Reported engine: CONT
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 806 total, 370 in this make and model, 75 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX78DVM08](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX78DVM08) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780125007259A

## Narrative

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

DURING T/O POWER INTERRUPTION OCCURRED,POWER THEN RETURNED.T/O COUED,HIT TREES.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB LAX78DVM08](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX78DVM08), Jan 25, 1978: Piper PA-36 (N55896), Shandon, CA, destroyed

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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