# Accident 19790420007449A: Piper PA28235, Bakersfield, CA, April 20, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 20, 1979, 16:11 local time
- Place: Bakersfield, CA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.3733° N, 119.0187° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bakersfield, CA, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.3733&lon=-119.0187&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9434W, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9434W) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper/Valdes-Ervin PA-28-235 (registry code 7102820, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-valdes-ervin-pa-28-235) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28235
- Reported engine: LYC IO540B1B5
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 700 total, 125 in this make and model, 11 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX79DVA29](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX79DVA29) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790420007449A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE IN FORCED LANDING. NO CAUSE FOUND FOR ENGINE MALFUNCTION.

## 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 LAX79DVA29](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX79DVA29), Apr 20, 1979: Piper PA-28 (N9434W), Avenal, 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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