# Accident 20000630004479A: Piper PA36285, St. Vincent, MN, June 30, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 30, 2000, 08:00 local time
- Place: St. Vincent, MN
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 48.9704° N, 97.2193° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.9704&lon=-97.2193&mi=10
- Aircraft: N11A (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA36285
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI00LA211](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI00LA211) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000630004479A

## Narrative

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

(.23)MR. ROSE HAD FINISHED SPRAYING AND WAS RETURNING N11A TO PEMBINA, ND. MR. ROSE STATED HE FELT A LITTLE VIBRATION; HE REDUCED POWER AND TRIED TO GAIN SOME ALTITUDE.  THE ENGINE SMOOTHENED.  HE THEN STATED THE AIRCRAFT STARTED TO SHAKE; HE REDUCED POWER SOME MORE, AND THE ENGINE AGAIN SMOOTHENED.  THE AIRPLANE STARTED TO SHAKE AGAIN, AND THEN ENGINE QUIT.  THE AIRPLANE WAS LANDED IN A FIELD 4 1/2 MILES EAST OF ST. VINCENT, MN.

## 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 CHI00LA211](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI00LA211), Jun 30, 2000: Piper PA-36-285 (N11A), Saint Vincent, MN, substantial damage. Probable cause: the failure of the engine reduction gear assembly. Factors were the low altitude when the failure occurred and the crops.

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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