# Accident 19800809036029A: Piper PA36300, Kress, TX, August 9, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 9, 1980, 18:30 local time
- Place: Kress, TX
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 34.3658° N, 101.7484° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Kress, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.3658&lon=-101.7484&mi=10
- Aircraft: N82682 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA36300
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,575 total, 74 in this make and model, 180 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW80FQG37](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW80FQG37) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800809036029A

## Narrative

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

ENGINE QUIT DURING SPRAY TURN AROUND DUE TO FUEL DEPLETION. CRASH LANDED.

## 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 FTW80FQG37](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW80FQG37), Aug 9, 1980: Piper PA-36 (N82682), Kress, TX, 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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