# Incident 19800710060419I: Piper PA36285, Harlingen, TX, July 10, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 10, 1980, 07:30 local time
- Place: Harlingen, TX
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 26.1906° N, 97.6961° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Harlingen, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.1906&lon=-97.6961&mi=10
- Aircraft: N59655, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N59655-1988-12-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-36-300 (registry code 7103612, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-36-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA36285
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,100 total, 310 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800710060419I

## Narrative

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

PILOT STRUCK A CANAL DITCH WITH ONE WHEEL WHILE SPRAYING, WHEEL BROKE OFF. LANDED ON GRASS WITHOUT FURTHER DAMAGE

## Other reports on N59655 (1)

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

- [Accident 19770807022489A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770807022489A), Aug 7, 1977: Piper PA36285 (N59655), Darlington, SC, Substantial damage

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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