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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-36-300 · Gruver, TX · August 25, 1981

Date
August 25, 1981 · 20:30 local
Place
Gruver, TX
Phase of flight
Low Level Operations
Operating rules
Agricultural (Part 137)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N59682
NTSB investigation
NTSBFTW81FQG58
Reported as
Piper PA36300
Reported engine
Lycoming IO720*
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
6,000 total240 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Flew into tall corn during a spray run over the cornfield. Misjudged height above crop.

As the FAA filed it

FLEW INTO TALL CORN DURING A SPRAY RUN OVER THE CORNFIELD. MISJUDGED HEIGHT ABOVE CROP.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.