# Accident 19971004033729A: Piper PA36375, Altus, OK, October 4, 1997

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 4, 1997, 14:50 local time
- Place: Altus, OK
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: ALFG
- Location: 34.6571° N, 99.3090° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Altus, OK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.6571&lon=-99.3090&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3866E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3866E-2011-04-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-36-375 (registry code 7103620, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-36-375) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PT6A series (registry code 52034, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pt6a-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA36375
- Reported engine: PWA PT6*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,300 total, 325 in this make and model, 325 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971004033729A

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON 10/04/97, AT APPROXIMATELY 3:00 PM, A PIPER PA-36-375, SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE DURING AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN A FIELD TWO MILES SOUTH OF ALTUS, OK. THE PILOT WAS THE ONLY OCCUPANT AND WAS NOT INJURED. THE PILOT, MR. BRAD PRICE, STATED THAT HE HAD EXPERIENCED A FUEL EXHAUSTION DURING A RETURN TRIP TO ALTUS AG OPERATORS, AFTER SPRAYING OPERATIONS. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

## 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

## Other reports on N3866E (2)

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

- [Accident 19910614022379A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910614022379A), Jun 14, 1991: Piper PA36375 (N3866E), Wahpeton, ND, Substantial damage. Rotated too soon on takeoff. Unable to climb,settled into adjacent field.
- [Incident 19780809050039I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780809050039I), Aug 9, 1978: Piper PA36375 (N3866E), Conrad, IA, Minor damage. Aircraft struck tall grass while taking off from dirt road, veered into cornfield.

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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