# Accident 19790727018459A: Piper PA36285, Hayes, SD, July 27, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 27, 1979, 12:30 local time
- Place: Hayes, SD
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 44.3703° N, 101.0215° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hayes, SD, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.3703&lon=-101.0215&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9956P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9956P-1982-04-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-36-320 (registry code 7103614, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-36-320) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA36285
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 719 total, 375 in this make and model, 220 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC79FTK21](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC79FTK21) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790727018459A

## Narrative

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

HIT GROUND DURING SPRAY RUN. FAILED TO SEE AND CLEAR A RIDGE IN FIELD.

## 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 MKC79FTK21](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC79FTK21), Jul 27, 1979: Piper PA-36 (N9956P), Hayes, SD, 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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