# Accident 19920429012199A: Piper PA36375, Deloit, IA, April 29, 1992

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 29, 1992, 08:00 local time
- Place: Deloit, IA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: PMMG
- Location: 42.0894° N, 95.3098° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.0894&lon=-95.3098&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3986E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3986E-2015-05-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-36-375 (registry code 7103620, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-36-375) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-720 series (registry code 41546, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-720-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA36375
- Reported engine: LYC IO720*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,618 total, 2,682 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI92DCD03](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI92DCD03) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920429012199A

## Narrative

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

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

## 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 CHI92DCD03](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI92DCD03), Apr 29, 1992: Piper PA-36-375 (N3986E), Deloit, IA, substantial damage. Probable cause: INADEQUATE VISUAL LOOKOUT BY THE PILOT IN COMMAND WHILE PERFORMING AERIAL APPLICATION MANEUVERS. A FACTOR IN THE ACCIDENT IS THE PILOT'S DIVERTED ATTENTION.

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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