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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Piper PA36300 · Lake Benton, MN · June 28, 1984

Date
June 28, 1984 · 07:45 local
Place
Lake Benton, MN
Phase of flight
Low Level Operations
Operating rules
Agricultural (Part 137)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N3681E
NTSB investigation
NTSBCHI84LA266
Reported as
Piper PA36300
Reported engine
Lycoming IO540K1G5
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,637 total1,210 in this make and model90 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

Rudder was torn off trying to fly under a powerline during a spray run. Lost control and crashed.

As the FAA filed it

RUDDER WAS TORN OFF TRYING TO FLY UNDER A POWERLINE DURING A SPRAY RUN. LOST CONTROL AND CRASHED.

NTSB investigation

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