# Accident 19810825057419A: Piper PA36300, Gruver, TX, August 25, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 25, 1981, 20:30 local time
- Place: Gruver, TX
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 36.2605° N, 101.4071° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Gruver, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.2605&lon=-101.4071&mi=10
- Aircraft: N59682, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N59682-1982-12-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-36-300 (registry code 7103612, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-36-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA36300
- Reported engine: LYC IO720*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,000 total, 240 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW81FQG58](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW81FQG58) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810825057419A

## Narrative

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

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

## 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 FTW81FQG58](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW81FQG58), Aug 25, 1981: Piper PA-36 (N59682), Gruver, 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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