# Incident 19780506032219I: Piper PA28R200, Santa Maria, CA, May 6, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 6, 1978, 09:16 local time
- Place: Santa Maria, CA
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Location: 34.9331° N, 120.4436° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Santa Maria, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.9331&lon=-120.4436&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1399T, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1399T) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-200 (registry code 7102811, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28R200
- Reported engine: LYC IO360C1C
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,100 total, 250 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780506032219I

## Narrative

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

FORCED LANDING AFTER CYLINDER FAILURE.

## Other reports on N1399T (2)

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

- [Incident 19860829054289I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860829054289I), Aug 29, 1986: Piper PA28R200 (N1399T), Eugene, OR, Minor damage. Nose wheel collapsed on rollout due to broken downlock.
- [Incident 19851208068229I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19851208068229I), Dec 8, 1985: Piper PA28R200 (N1399T), Manzanita, OR, Minor damage. Landed hard on nose wheel collapsing the nose gear.

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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