# Accident 19900508014772A: Piper PA36375, Woonsocket, SD, May 8, 1990

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 8, 1990, 11:15 local time
- Place: Woonsocket, SD
- Damage: Minor damage
- Collision: Midair collision, second aircraft
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: HFAG
- Location: 44.0542° N, 98.2717° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Woonsocket, SD, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.0542&lon=-98.2717&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6177A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6177A-1997-02-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-36-375 (registry code 7103620, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-36-375) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA36375
- Reported engine: CONT IO520D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,675 total, 1,600 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN90DTK01](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN90DTK01) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900508014772A

## Narrative

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

COLLIDED WITH DADS PA36 N3634F SPRAY SAME FIELD. BOTH ON PULLUP. UNKNOWN WHY HIS DAD CHANGED RUN DIRECTION.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N3634E, Piper PA36375: [Accident 19900508014771A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900508014771A)

## 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 DEN90DTK01](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN90DTK01), May 8, 1990: Piper PA-36-375 (N6177A), Woonsocket, SD, minor damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: FAILURE OF THE PILOT OF N3634E TO FOLLOW THE BRIEFED PLAN OF OPERATION, AND FAILURE OF BOTH PILOTS TO SEE-AND-AVOID EACH OTHER (INADEQUATE VISUAL LOOKOUT).

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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