# Accident 19780816022149A: Piper PA28R200, Pineville, LA, August 16, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 16, 1978
- Place: Pineville, LA
- Airport: Buhlow Lake
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Location: 31.3429° N, 92.4089° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Pineville, LA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.3429&lon=-92.4089&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2971R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2971R-1982-03-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-200 (registry code 7102811, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28R200
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 595 total, 315 in this make and model, 53 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW78FRJ29](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW78FRJ29) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780816022149A

## Narrative

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

WRONG ENGINE OIL DRAIN VALVE PN 756517C,ACTUATED WHEN GEAR RETRAC

## 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 FTW78FRJ29](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW78FRJ29), Aug 16, 1978: Piper PA-28R (N2971R), Pineville, LA, 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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