# Accident 19760730021289A: Piper PA36285, Bertrand, NE, July 30, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 30, 1976
- Place: Bertrand, NE
- Airport: Private Strip
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Location: 40.5263° N, 99.6324° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bertrand, NE, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.5263&lon=-99.6324&mi=10
- Aircraft: N57601, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N57601-2009-06-26) (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: 3,263 total, 175 in this make and model, 146 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC76FCJ57](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC76FCJ57) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760730021289A

## Narrative

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

PLT RPTD PULLED DUMP LEVER BUT LOAD DID NOT RELEASE.SETTLED INTO TALL CORN.OAT 90 DEG

## 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 MKC76FCJ57](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC76FCJ57), Jul 30, 1976: Piper PA-36 (N57601), Bertrand, NE, substantial damage

## Other reports on N57601 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20080721841139A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080721841139A), Jul 21, 2008: Piper PA36285 (N57601), Petersburg, TX, Destroyed. (-23) On July 21, 2008 at approximately 1438 CDT, N57601, a 1975 Piper pawnee brave, PA-36-285-300, operated by betrand spraying LLC (J3GG) made an emergency…

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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