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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA36375 · Mclaughlin, SD · June 11, 1993

Date
June 11, 1993 · 08:15 local
Place
Mclaughlin, SD
Phase of flight
Low Level Operations
Operating rules
Agricultural (Part 137)
Operator
RCHG
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N3890E
NTSB investigation
NTSBCHI93LA203
Reported as
Piper PA36375
Reported engine
Lycoming IO720D1C
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
5,542 total2,232 in this make and model

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.

Began to climb over wires end of spray run. Beleived unable to clear wires, elected to go under but struck wires.

As the FAA filed it

BEGAN TO CLIMB OVER WIRES END OF SPRAY RUN. BELEIVED UNABLE TO CLEAR WIRES, ELECTED TO GO UNDER BUT STRUCK WIRES.

NTSB investigation

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