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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Piper PA36300 · Yerington, NV · June 27, 1979

Date
June 27, 1979 · 08:00 local
Place
Yerington, NV
Phase of flight
Low Level Operations
Operating rules
Agricultural (Part 137)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N57727
NTSB investigation
NTSBOAK79DXQ21
Reported as
Piper PA36300
Reported engine
Continental 6285A
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
6,100 total569 in this make and model75 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Engine known to have previous trouble lost power during ag operation. Crashed and burned. Cause undetermined.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE KNOWN TO HAVE PREVIOUS TROUBLE LOST POWER DURING AG OPERATION. CRASHED AND BURNED. CAUSE UNDETERMINED.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.