# Accident 19791128032599A: Piper PA25, Porterville, CA, November 28, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 28, 1979, 10:30 local time
- Place: Porterville, CA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 36.0635° N, 119.0336° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Porterville, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.0635&lon=-119.0336&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9640P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9640P-2009-09-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-25-235 (registry code 7102504, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-25-235) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA25
- Reported engine: LYC O540*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,984 total, 800 in this make and model, 255 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX80DVA05](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80DVA05) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791128032599A

## Narrative

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

ENGINE LOST POWER ON AG AIRPLANE ENROUTE TO SPRAY AREA. CRASHED IN VINEYARD. CAUSE UNDETERMINED.

## 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 LAX80DVA05](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80DVA05), Nov 28, 1979: Piper PA-25 (N9640P), Porterville, CA, 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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