# Accident 19820622024239A: Piper PA36285, Imperial, CA, June 22, 1982

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 22, 1982, 06:00 local time
- Place: Imperial, CA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 32.8388° N, 115.5720° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Imperial, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8388&lon=-115.5720&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9979P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9979P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-36-285 (registry code 7103610, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-36-285) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 6-285-A (registry code 17038, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-6-285-a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA36285
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,981 total, 49 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX82FUM07](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX82FUM07) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820622024239A

## Narrative

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

CRASHED WHILE ATTEMPTING TAKEOFF FROM WET, MUDDY FIELD. ABORTED TAKEOFF BUT COULD NOT STOP BEFORE HITTING DITCH.

## 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 LAX82FUM07](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX82FUM07), Jun 22, 1982: Piper PA-36-285 (N9979P), Imperial, CA, 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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