19780329005279A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Piper PA-36-285 · Delano, CA · March 29, 1978

Date
March 29, 1978
Place
Delano, CA
Airport
Jasmine Strip
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N57572
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX78DVA32
Reported as
Piper PA36285
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,003 total1,017 in this make and model25 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.

Plt reduced pwr aft tkof. Acft began sinking,plt started pwr inc but topped to operate dump gate.

As the FAA filed it

PLT REDUCED PWR AFT TKOF.ACFT BEGAN SINKING,PLT STARTED PWR INC BUT TOPPED TO OPERATE DUMP GATE.

NTSB investigation

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