# Accident 19840628027649A: Piper PA36300, Lake Benton, MN, June 28, 1984

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 28, 1984, 07:45 local time
- Place: Lake Benton, MN
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 44.2593° N, 96.2907° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.2593&lon=-96.2907&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3681E (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA36300
- Reported engine: LYC IO540K1G5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,637 total, 1,210 in this make and model, 90 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI84LA266](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI84LA266) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840628027649A

## Narrative

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

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

## 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 CHI84LA266](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI84LA266), Jun 28, 1984: Piper PA-36-300 (N3681E), Lake Benton, MN, destroyed

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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