# Accident 19840823043029A: Piper PA36260, Hill City, KS, August 23, 1984

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 23, 1984, 08:00 local time
- Place: Hill City, KS
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 39.3605° N, 99.8397° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.3605&lon=-99.8397&mi=10
- Aircraft: N269JW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N269JW-2012-09-20) (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 PA36260
- Reported engine: LYC IO720A1B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 495 total, 113 in this make and model, 113 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC84LA258](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC84LA258) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840823043029A

## Narrative

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

DURING SPRAYING OPERATION PILOT DESCENDED INTO HIGH VEGATATION WHICH DRAGGED AIRPLANE INTO GROUND.

## 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 MKC84LA258](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC84LA258), Aug 23, 1984: Piper PA-36-400 (N269JW), Hill City, KS, destroyed

## Other reports on N269JW (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20100625037649A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100625037649A), Jun 25, 2010: Piper PA-36-285 (N269JW), Fremont, NE, Destroyed. On June 25, 2010, at 1423 CDT, a Piper PA-36-285, N269JW, [privacy data omitted] [privacy data omitted] was involved in an accident 2-3 miles northwest of the…

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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