# Accident 19860726035219A: Piper PA28180, Fargo, ND, July 26, 1986

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 26, 1986, 14:12 local time
- Place: Fargo, ND
- Airport: Hector International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.9062° N, 96.8135° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs from the FAA’s distance and direction from , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.9062&lon=-96.8135&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7592W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7592W-2013-05-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-180 (registry code 7102808, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28180
- Reported engine: LYC O360A3A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 180 total, 133 in this make and model, 68 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN86LA209](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN86LA209) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860726035219A

## Narrative

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

THE ENGINE FAILED. THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK A FENCE DURING LANDING. CYLINDER EXHAUST VALVE 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 DEN86LA209](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN86LA209), Jul 26, 1986: Piper PA-28-180 (N7592W), Fargo, ND, destroyed

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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