# Accident 19790928031179A: Piper PA36285, Safford, AZ, September 28, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 28, 1979, 17:00 local time
- Place: Safford, AZ
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 32.8333° N, 109.6974° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Safford, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8333&lon=-109.6974&mi=10
- Aircraft: N57759, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N57759-2013-06-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-36-285 (registry code 7103610, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-36-285) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA36285
- Reported engine: PWA R985*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 total, 478 in this make and model, 120 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX79DUK20](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX79DUK20) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790928031179A

## Narrative

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

NO.3 CYLINDER HEAD HAD SEPARATED. PISTON WAS BATTERED AND PISTON PIN BROKEN.

## 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 LAX79DUK20](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX79DUK20), Sep 28, 1979: Piper PA-36 (N57759), Safford, AZ, 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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