# Accident 19770914033499A: Piper PA36285, Calexico, CA, September 14, 1977

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 14, 1977
- Place: Calexico, CA
- Airport: Heber Strip
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Location: 32.6849° N, 115.4947° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Calexico, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.6849&lon=-115.4947&mi=10
- Aircraft: N57713, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N57713-1977-12-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-36-285 (registry code 7103610, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-36-285) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA36285
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,000 total, 8,000 in this make and model, 350 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX77DUM39](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX77DUM39) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770914033499A

## Narrative

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

SPRAYING ASPARAGUS AT NIGHT.

## 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 LAX77DUM39](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX77DUM39), Sep 14, 1977: Piper PA-36 (N57713), Calexico, CA, 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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