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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-36-375 · Deloit, IA · April 29, 1992

Date
April 29, 1992 · 08:00 local
Place
Deloit, IA
Phase of flight
Low Level Operations
Operating rules
Agricultural (Part 137)
Operator
PMMG
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N3986E
NTSB investigation
NTSBCHI92DCD03
Reported as
Piper PA36375
Reported engine
Lycoming IO720*
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
5,618 total2,682 in this make and model6 in the last 90 days

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What happened

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

Struck powerlines on spray pullup. Was flung backwards into flat spin and dropped into a pond.

As the FAA filed it

STRUCK POWERLINES ON SPRAY PULLUP. WAS FLUNG BACKWARDS INTO FLAT SPIN AND DROPPED INTO A POND.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.