# Incident 19780809050039I: Piper PA36375, Conrad, IA, August 9, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 9, 1978, 06:10 local time
- Place: Conrad, IA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 42.2240° N, 92.8723° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Conrad, IA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.2240&lon=-92.8723&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3866E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3866E-2011-04-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-36-375 (registry code 7103620, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-36-375) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PT6A series (registry code 52034, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pt6a-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA36375
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,000 total, 400 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780809050039I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT STRUCK TALL GRASS WHILE TAKING OFF FROM DIRT ROAD, VEERED INTO CORNFIELD.

## Other reports on N3866E (2)

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

- [Accident 19971004033729A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971004033729A), Oct 4, 1997: Piper PA36375 (N3866E), Altus, OK, Minor damage. Narrative: on 10/04/97, at approximately 3:00 pm, a Piper PA-36-375, sustained minor damage during an emergency landing in a field two miles south of Altus,…
- [Accident 19910614022379A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910614022379A), Jun 14, 1991: Piper PA36375 (N3866E), Wahpeton, ND, Substantial damage. Rotated too soon on takeoff. Unable to climb,settled into adjacent field.

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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