# Incident 19811217085779I: Piper PA28R200, Sandpoint, ID, December 17, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 17, 1981, 11:48 local time
- Place: Sandpoint, ID
- Airport: Sandpoint
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 48.2995° N, 116.5601° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SANDPOINT (SZT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.2995&lon=-116.5601&mi=10
- Aircraft: CGVML (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28R200
- Reported engine: LYC IO360C1C
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 400 total, 250 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811217085779I

## Narrative

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

ZA PROPELLER OVERSPEED ENROUTE. UNABLE TO CONTROL PITCH. AFTER LANDING FOUND DIRT IN GOVERNOR PRESSURE RELIEF VALVE

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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