# Accident 19810921059949A: Piper PA36300, Orange City, IA, September 21, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 21, 1981, 07:42 local time
- Place: Orange City, IA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 43.0018° N, 96.0556° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Orange City, IA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.0018&lon=-96.0556&mi=10
- Aircraft: N82682 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA36300
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 817 total, 177 in this make and model, 202 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC81DCD39](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC81DCD39) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810921059949A

## Narrative

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

STRUCK WIRES AND POWER POLE WHILE OBSERVING FIELD TO BE SPRAYED. CRASHED INVERTED.

## 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 MKC81DCD39](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC81DCD39), Sep 21, 1981: Piper PA-36 (N82682), Orange City, IA, 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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