# Accident 19780721020719A: Piper PA36285, Lubbock, TX, July 21, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 21, 1978
- Place: Lubbock, TX
- Airport: Lubbock Regional
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Location: 33.5779° N, 101.8552° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lubbock, TX, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.5779&lon=-101.8552&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9958P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9958P-2009-09-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-36-285 (registry code 7103610, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-36-285) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney R-985 series (registry code 52008, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r-985-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA36285
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10,114 total, 480 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW78FQG41](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW78FQG41) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780721020719A

## Narrative

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

ACFT CERT EXP.HYD PUMP MAX CONTINUOUS TORQUE EXCEEDED FAILING FUEMP.

## 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 FTW78FQG41](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW78FQG41), Jul 21, 1978: Piper PA-36 (N9958P), Lubbock, TX, 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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