# Accident 19790908022489A: Piper PA36300, Plainview, TX, September 8, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 8, 1979, 15:14 local time
- Place: Plainview, TX
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 34.1911° N, 101.7235° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Plainview, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.1911&lon=-101.7235&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3896E (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA36300
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,641 total, 480 in this make and model, 115 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW79DQG59](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW79DQG59) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790908022489A

## Narrative

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

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

## 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 FTW79DQG59](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW79DQG59), Sep 8, 1979: Piper PA-36 (N3896E), Plainview, TX, 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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