# Accident 19791123036909A: Piper PA28/, Wendover, UT, November 23, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 23, 1979, 16:20 local time
- Place: Wendover, UT
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.7240° N, 114.0251° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wendover, UT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7240&lon=-114.0251&mi=10
- Aircraft: N38398, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N38398-2013-05-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-201T (registry code 7102813, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-201t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-360 series (registry code 17019, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28/
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO360F
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 279 total, 8 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX80DXQ15](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80DXQ15) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791123036909A

## Narrative

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

ENGINE SURGED, LOW OIL PRESSURE. CRASH LANDED ON HIGHWAY. ROD BEARING FAILURE. LOSS OF OIL DUE OPEN OIL FILLER CAP

## 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 LAX80DXQ15](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80DXQ15), Nov 23, 1979: Piper PA-28R (N38398), Wendover, UT, 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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