# Accident 19881018046939A: Piper PA36285, Brawley, CA, October 18, 1988

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 18, 1988, 12:15 local time
- Place: Brawley, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: LWRG
- Location: 33.0208° N, 115.4492° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.0208&lon=-115.4492&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
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,229 total, 1,361 in this make and model, 297 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX89DUM02](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX89DUM02) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881018046939A

## Narrative

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

IMPACTED POWERLINES WHILE TRYING TO FLY UNDER THEM ON A SPRAY RUN. AIRCRAFT CRASHED AND BURNED.

## 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 LAX89DUM02](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX89DUM02), Oct 18, 1988: Piper PA-36-285 (N57591), Brawley, CA, destroyed

## Other reports on N57591 (1)

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

- [Incident 19880908069549I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880908069549I), Sep 8, 1988: Piper PA36285 (N57591), Brawley, CA, Minor damage. Fuel exhaustion. Hit a fence post landing. Pilot blamed high fuel used due to a recent service on a fuel servo.

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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