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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-36-285 · Fergus Falls, MN · June 15, 1991

Date
June 15, 1991 · 20:30 local
Place
Fergus Falls, MN
Airport
Fergus Falls Municipal-Einar
Phase of flight
Low Level Operations
Operating rules
Agricultural (Part 137)
Operator
KMCG
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N57824
Reported as
Piper PA36285
Reported engine
Continental 6285C
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,215 total834 in this make and model138 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Prop and wing struck a powerline while trying to fly under it. Maintained control and flew back to base.

As the FAA filed it

PROP AND WING STRUCK A POWERLINE WHILE TRYING TO FLY UNDER IT. MAINTAINED CONTROL AND FLEW BACK TO BASE.