# Incident 19790710018699I: Piper PA36285, Fairbury, NE, July 10, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 10, 1979, 19:45 local time
- Place: Fairbury, NE
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 40.1447° N, 97.1765° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fairbury, NE, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.1447&lon=-97.1765&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9935P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9935P-1989-06-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-36-285 (registry code 7103610, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-36-285) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA36285
- Reported engine: CONT 6285C
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 15,000 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790710018699I

## Narrative

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

ENGINE RAPIDLY LOST POWER AFTER TAKEOFF. CYLINDER BARREL EXPLODED.

## Other reports on N9935P (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19870721038819A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870721038819A), Jul 21, 1987: Piper PA36285 (N9935P), Nickerson, KS, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Crashed and burned after a pullup from a spray run. No witnesses.

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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