# Accident 20170429024039A: Yakovlev YAK 52, Porterville, CA, April 29, 2017

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 29, 2017, 10:53 local time
- Place: Porterville, CA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.0908° N, 119.1403° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.0908&lon=-119.1403&mi=10
- Aircraft: N132MD, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N132MD-2017-05-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Yakovlev YAK 52 (registry code 9830220, https://openairdocs.org/model/yakovlev-yak-52) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: YAKOVLEV YAK 52
- Reported engine: VEDENEYEV M-14-P
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 26,144 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR17LA094](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR17LA094) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170429024039A

## Narrative

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

WHILE IN CRUISE FLIGHT ENGINE LOST POWER. ARCRAFT DECENED AND CRASHED INTO A VINYARD 6 MILES N/W PTV AIRPORT.

## 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 WPR17LA094](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR17LA094), Apr 29, 2017: Yakovlev YAK 52 (N132MD), Porterville, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: A partial loss of engine power due to contaminants in the fuel system that decreased the fuel flow, the source of which could not be determined.

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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