# Accident 19750516011959A: Piper PA36285, Monette, AR, May 16, 1975

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 16, 1975
- Place: Monette, AR
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Location: 35.8932° N, 90.3441° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Monette, AR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.8932&lon=-90.3441&mi=10
- Aircraft: N55512, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N55512-2012-08-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-36-285 (registry code 7103610, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-36-285) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 6-285-A (registry code 17038, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-6-285-a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA36285
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,600 total, 1,200 in this make and model, 140 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW75FPG61](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW75FPG61) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750516011959A

## Narrative

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

WG CAUGHT IN WHEAT. LEE SIDE OF TREES.

## 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 FTW75FPG61](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW75FPG61), May 16, 1975: Piper PA-36 (N55512), Monette, AR, 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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