# Incident 19960322009939I: Piper PA36375, Zellwood, FL, March 22, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 22, 1996, 09:45 local time
- Place: Zellwood, FL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 28.7219° N, 81.5732° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Zellwood, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.7219&lon=-81.5732&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3808E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3808E-2013-08-14) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 39,000 total, 1,500 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960322009939I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: PILOT HAD FINISHED SPRAYING A FIELD EXCEPT TO MAKE A PASS GOING INTO THE FIELD FROM A DIFFERENT DIRECTION TO SPRAY THE VERY END OF THE FIELD. A FLOCK OF BIRDS FLEW UP FROM A DITCH AND HE STRUCK MANY OF THEM WHICH DISTRACTED HIM. HE THEN CLIPPED THE WING TIP ON A WIRE. FIBERGLASS WINGTIP HAD TO BE REPLACED.

## Other reports on N3808E (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19820918047359A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820918047359A), Sep 18, 1982: Piper PA36375 (N3808E), Astatula, FL, Substantial damage. Aircraft was forced into air after passing normal takeoff point, aircraft settled and crashed on runway.

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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