# Accident 19780329005279A: Piper PA36285, Delano, CA, March 29, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 29, 1978
- Place: Delano, CA
- Airport: Jasmine Strip
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Location: 35.7664° N, 119.2642° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Delano, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.7664&lon=-119.2642&mi=10
- Aircraft: N57572, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N57572-2013-06-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-36-285 (registry code 7103610, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-36-285) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 6-285-A (registry code 17038, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-6-285-a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA36285
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,003 total, 1,017 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX78DVA32](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX78DVA32) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780329005279A

## Narrative

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

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

## 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 LAX78DVA32](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX78DVA32), Mar 29, 1978: Piper PA-36 (N57572), Delano, 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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