# Accident 19800709025009A: Piper PA36285, Groton, SD, July 9, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 9, 1980, 07:45 local time
- Place: Groton, SD
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 45.4517° N, 98.1001° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Groton, SD, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.4517&lon=-98.1001&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9910P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9910P-2018-01-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-36-285 (registry code 7103610, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-36-285) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 6-285-A (registry code 17038, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-6-285-a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA36285
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,757 total, 95 in this make and model, 54 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN80DTK15](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN80DTK15) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800709025009A

## Narrative

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

AG PILOT STALLED IN PROCEDURE TURN DURING SPRAYING OPERATION.

## 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 DEN80DTK15](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN80DTK15), Jul 9, 1980: Piper PA-36 (N9910P), Groton, SD, substantial damage

## Other reports on N9910P (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19780714031159A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780714031159A), Jul 14, 1978: Piper PA36285 (N9910P), Fredrick, SD, Substantial damage. Carbon brushes,p/n 10-160844,not contacting coil. Seals in fuel inn 638193-1,found hard & aged.

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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