# Accident 19900616023859A: Piper PA36285, Altheimer, AR, June 16, 1990

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 16, 1990, 14:30 local time
- Place: Altheimer, AR
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: ZJGG
- Location: 34.3097° N, 91.8405° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.3097&lon=-91.8405&mi=10
- Aircraft: N57706, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N57706-2013-08-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-36-285 (registry code 7103610, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-36-285) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA36285
- Reported engine: LYC IO720A1B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC90LA132](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC90LA132) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900616023859A

## Narrative

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

LANDING DOWNWIND ON PRIVATE STRIP. GROUND LOOPED. LEFT RUNWAY. NOSED OVER. BLAMED NO BRAKES. NOT VERIFIED.

## 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 MKC90LA132](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC90LA132), Jun 16, 1990: Piper PA-36-400 (N57706), Altheimer, AR, substantial damage. Probable cause: DIRECTIONAL CONTROL WAS NOT MAINTAINED BY THE PILOT IN COMMAND. CONTRIBUTING FACTORS WERE LANDING WITH A TAILWIND. COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS NOT CONSIDERED AND SELECTION OF THE WRONG RUNWAY.

## Other reports on N57706 (1)

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

- [Accident 20100729039749A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100729039749A), Jul 29, 2010: Piper PA-36-285 (N57706), Petersburg, TX, Substantial damage. On 07-29-2010, at approximately 13:00CDT, the pilot of N57706, a PA-36-285, was conducting low level agricultural aerial application operations in floydada,…

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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