# Accident 19781028036859A: Piper PA28R200, Plaster City, CA, October 28, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 28, 1978
- Place: Plaster City, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Location: 32.7926° N, 115.8586° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Plaster City, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7926&lon=-115.8586&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9396N, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9396N-1978-12-26) (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
- Reported engine: LYC
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 739 total, 0 in this make and model, 43 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX79FUM01](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX79FUM01) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781028036859A

## Narrative

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

SILICONE RUBBER USED TO COVER PREVIOUSLY CRACKED CRANKCASE.

## 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 LAX79FUM01](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX79FUM01), Oct 28, 1978: Piper PA-28R (N9396N), Plaster City, 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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