# Accident 19900712025499A: Piper PA36285, Clarkston, UT, July 12, 1990

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 12, 1990, 06:05 local time
- Place: Clarkston, UT
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: NQBG
- Location: 41.9199° N, 112.0599° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9199&lon=-112.0599&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9980P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9980P-2013-03-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-36-285 (registry code 7103610, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-36-285) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-720 series (registry code 41546, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-720-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA36285
- Reported engine: LYC IO720A1B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,543 total, 3,513 in this make and model, 209 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN90LA157](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN90LA157) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900712025499A

## Narrative

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

SPRAY BOOM CAUGHT IN TALL WHEAT ON GO AROUND FROM A GRAVEL STRIP. LOST CONTROL ABORTED. WING HIT. CAUSED CARTWHEEL.

## 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 DEN90LA157](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN90LA157), Jul 12, 1990: Piper PA-36 (N9980P), Clarkston, UT, substantial damage. Probable cause: JAMMED AILERONS RESULTANT FROM THE COLLISION WITH CROPS.

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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