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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-36-285 · Lind, WA · July 14, 1979

Date
July 14, 1979 · 06:30 local
Place
Lind, WA
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
Agricultural (Part 137)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N9960P
Reported as
Piper PA36285
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
4,000 total530 in this make and model85 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pilot made forced landing resulting in crash; fuel contamination was discovered during investigation.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT MADE FORCED LANDING RESULTING IN CRASH; FUEL CONTAMINATION WAS DISCOVERED DURING INVESTIGATION.