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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Piper PA36285 · Bainbridge, GA · August 7, 1984

Date
August 7, 1984 · 14:20 local
Place
Bainbridge, GA
Airport
Green Circle Farm
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
Agricultural (Part 137)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N9943P
NTSB investigation
NTSBMIA84LA221
Reported as
Piper PA36285
Reported engine
Continental 6285C
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,000 total2,078 in this make and model150 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.

Aircraft caught fire after liftoff and crashed into trees. Pilot escaped and aircraft was destroyed by fire.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT CAUGHT FIRE AFTER LIFTOFF AND CRASHED INTO TREES. PILOT ESCAPED AND AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED BY FIRE.

NTSB investigation

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