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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA36300 · Plainview, TX · September 8, 1979

Date
September 8, 1979 · 15:14 local
Place
Plainview, TX
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
Agricultural (Part 137)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N3896E
NTSB investigation
NTSBFTW79DQG59
Reported as
Piper PA36300
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
4,641 total480 in this make and model115 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 took off from a road. Wing tip got into high weeds resulting in loss of directional control.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT TOOK OFF FROM A ROAD. WING TIP GOT INTO HIGH WEEDS RESULTING IN LOSS OF DIRECTIONAL CONTROL.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.