# Accident 19790916027089A: Piper PA28160, Bluffton, IN, September 16, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 16, 1979, 15:40 local time
- Place: Bluffton, IN
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.7435° N, 85.1721° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bluffton, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7435&lon=-85.1721&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5198W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5198W-2012-09-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28 (registry code 7102801, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28160
- Reported engine: LYC O320*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 805 total, 300 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI79FET32](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI79FET32) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790916027089A

## Narrative

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

PILOT REPORTED ENGINE RAN ROUGH AND LOST POWER. LANDED IN SOFT FIELD. NOSED OVER. POSSIBLE FUEL CONTAMINATION.

## 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 CHI79FET32](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI79FET32), Sep 16, 1979: Piper PA-28 (N5198W), Bluffton, IN, substantial damage

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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