# Accident 19790526019949A: Piper PA36375, Sabin, MN, May 26, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 26, 1979, 06:00 local time
- Place: Sabin, MN
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 46.7814° N, 96.6542° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sabin, MN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.7814&lon=-96.6542&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3958E, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3958E) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-36-375 (registry code 7103620, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-36-375) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-720 series (registry code 41546, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-720-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA36375
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,820 total, 1,400 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC79DER42](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC79DER42) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790526019949A

## Narrative

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

AG PILOT LEFT HOME BASE FOR AG OPERATIONS. HIT POWER LINES DURING CLIMBOUT. VISIBILITY LESS THAN 1/2 MILE.

## 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 MKC79DER42](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC79DER42), May 26, 1979: Piper PA-36 (N3958E), Sabin, MN, substantial damage

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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