# Accident 19790421010019A: Piper PA20135, Tulsa, OK, April 21, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 21, 1979, 16:45 local time
- Place: Tulsa, OK
- Airport: Harvey Young
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.1390° N, 95.8250° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Harvey Young Airport (1H6), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1390&lon=-95.8250&mi=10
- Aircraft: N189N, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N189N-1982-09-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-20-135 (registry code 7102010, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-20-135) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA20135
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 621 total, 11 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW79FA075](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW79FA075) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790421010019A

## Narrative

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

ENGINE FAILED. WATER AND TRASH FOUND IN FUEL. PILOT ALLOWED AIRCRAFT TO STALL AND SPIN.

## 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 FTW79FA075](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW79FA075), Apr 21, 1979: Piper PA-20 (N189N), Tulsa, OK, destroyed, 2 fatal

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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