# Incident 19790817031879I: Piper PA28235, Sweetwater, TX, August 17, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 17, 1979, 15:15 local time
- Place: Sweetwater, TX
- Airport: Municipal
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.4694° N, 100.4087° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sweetwater, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.4694&lon=-100.4087&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1833J, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1833J) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28235
- Reported engine: LYC O320E2A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 500 total, 200 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/19790817031879I

## Narrative

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

ROUGH ENGINE IN FLIGHT. AFTER PRECAUTIONARY LANDING FOUND EXHAUST VALVE BROKEN AT THE HEAD.

## Other reports on N1833J (1)

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

- [Accident 19750526013219A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750526013219A), May 26, 1975: Piper PA28140 (N1833J), Grand Prairie, TX, Substantial damage. Plt did not recognize water in fuel drained during pre-flt. Lnd nose gr first.

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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