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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-36-285 · Buchanan, ND · July 18, 1988

Date
July 18, 1988 · 07:00 local
Place
Buchanan, ND
Phase of flight
Low Level Operations
Operating rules
Agricultural (Part 137)
Operator
WFUG
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N9990P
NTSB investigation
NTSBDEN88LA161
Reported as
Piper PA36285
Reported engine
Lycoming IO540K1G5
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,433 total1,055 in this make and model

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.

While flying under wires on a spray run, rudder struck wires and crash landed on a nearby road.

As the FAA filed it

WHILE FLYING UNDER WIRES ON A SPRAY RUN, RUDDER STRUCK WIRES AND CRASH LANDED ON A NEARBY ROAD.

NTSB investigation

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