# Accident 19910615022249A: Piper PA36285, Fergus Falls, MN, June 15, 1991

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 15, 1991, 20:30 local time
- Place: Fergus Falls, MN
- Airport: Fergus Falls Municipal-Einar
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: KMCG
- Location: 46.2861° N, 96.0758° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fergus Falls, MN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.2861&lon=-96.0758&mi=10
- Aircraft: N57824, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N57824) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-36-285 (registry code 7103610, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-36-285) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 6-285-A (registry code 17038, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-6-285-a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA36285
- Reported engine: CONT 6285C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,215 total, 834 in this make and model, 138 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910615022249A

## Narrative

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

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

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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