# Incident 19880908069549I: Piper PA36285, Brawley, CA, September 8, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 8, 1988, 18:30 local time
- Place: Brawley, CA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: LWRG
- Location: 32.9785° N, 115.5286° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Brawley, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.9785&lon=-115.5286&mi=10
- Aircraft: N57591, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N57591-1989-08-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-36-285 (registry code 7103610, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-36-285) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA36285
- Reported engine: LYC IO720A1B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 9,500 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880908069549I

## Narrative

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

FUEL EXHAUSTION. HIT A FENCE POST LANDING. PILOT BLAMED HIGH FUEL USED DUE TO A RECENT SERVICE ON A FUEL SERVO.

## Other reports on N57591 (1)

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

- [Accident 19881018046939A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881018046939A), Oct 18, 1988: Piper PA36285 (N57591), Brawley, CA, Destroyed. Impacted powerlines while trying to fly under them on a spray run. Aircraft crashed and burned.

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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