# Accident 19790627016459A: Piper PA36300, Yerington, NV, June 27, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 27, 1979, 08:00 local time
- Place: Yerington, NV
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 38.9555° N, 119.1101° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Yerington, NV, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.9555&lon=-119.1101&mi=10
- Aircraft: N57727, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N57727-1991-03-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-36-285 (registry code 7103610, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-36-285) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA36300
- Reported engine: CONT 6285A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,100 total, 569 in this make and model, 75 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK79DXQ21](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK79DXQ21) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790627016459A

## Narrative

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

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

## 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 OAK79DXQ21](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK79DXQ21), Jun 27, 1979: Piper PA-36 (N57727), Yerington, NV, 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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