# Accident 19780604013389A: Piper PA36285, Murdo, SD, June 4, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 4, 1978
- Place: Murdo, SD
- Airport: Murdo
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Location: 43.8521° N, 100.7128° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MURDO MUNI (8F6), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.8521&lon=-100.7128&mi=10
- Aircraft: N59679, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N59679-1982-08-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-36-300 (registry code 7103612, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-36-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA36285
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,539 total, 150 in this make and model, 282 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC78FTK19](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC78FTK19) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780604013389A

## Narrative

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

ELEV PUSH-PULL ROD BROKE.PLT LANDED ON AIRPORT BY USE OF TRIM.LOSR CONTROL.150 HRS TT ON PART.

## 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 MKC78FTK19](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC78FTK19), Jun 4, 1978: Piper PA-36 (N59679), Murdo, SD, substantial damage

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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