# Accident 19840807038519A: Piper PA36285, Bainbridge, GA, August 7, 1984

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 7, 1984, 14:20 local time
- Place: Bainbridge, GA
- Airport: Green Circle Farm
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 30.9049° N, 84.5730° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bainbridge, GA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.9049&lon=-84.5730&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9943P (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA36285
- Reported engine: CONT 6285C
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,000 total, 2,078 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA84LA221](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA84LA221) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840807038519A

## Narrative

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

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

## 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 MIA84LA221](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA84LA221), Aug 7, 1984: Piper PA-36 (N9943P), Bainbridge, GA, 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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