# Incident 19810326021559I: Piper PA36285, Stockton, CA, March 26, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 26, 1981, 15:00 local time
- Place: Stockton, CA
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 37.9577° N, 121.2908° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Stockton, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.9577&lon=-121.2908&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9995P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9995P-1992-08-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-36-285 (registry code 7103610, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-36-285) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA36285
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 total, 450 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810326021559I

## Narrative

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

ON SHORT FINAL, AIRCRAFT CONTACTED A LARGE BLACKBERRY BUSH CAUSING AIRCRAFT TO VEER INTO DITCH ALONG SIDE RUNWAY.

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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