# Accident 19810728045969A: Piper PA36285, Jessie, ND, July 28, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 28, 1981, 16:15 local time
- Place: Jessie, ND
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 47.5402° N, 98.2291° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Jessie, ND, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.5402&lon=-98.2291&mi=10
- Aircraft: N56869, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N56869-2013-07-01) (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: 30,000 total, 259 in this make and model, 259 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN81DTG16](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN81DTG16) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810728045969A

## Narrative

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

STRUCK A HILL IN MIDDLE OF FIELD BEING SPRAYED. DUMPED LOAD TOO LATE TO MISS HILL. DOWNDRAFTS IN AREA.

## 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 DEN81DTG16](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN81DTG16), Jul 28, 1981: Piper PA-36 (N56869), Jessie, ND, 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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