# Accident 20000805011939A: Piper PA36285, Osborne, KS, August 5, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 5, 2000, 08:00 local time
- Place: Osborne, KS
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 39.4309° N, 98.6896° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.4309&lon=-98.6896&mi=10
- Aircraft: N57616, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N57616-2001-04-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-36-285 (registry code 7103610, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-36-285) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA36285
- Reported engine: CONT 6285C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 5,506 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI00LA243](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI00LA243) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000805011939A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT WAS RETURNING TO THE OSBORNE, KANSAS AIRPORT AFTER SPRAYING A FIELD APPROXIMATELY 15 MILES WEST OF THE AIRPORT. APPROXIAMTELY 1.5 MILES NORTHWEST OF THE AIRPORT HE EXPERIENCED A TOTAL ENGINE FAILURE AND ATTEMPTED TO LAND A SOFT PLOWED FIELD.  THE AICRAFT IMPACTED THE GROUND ON A SOUTH WEST HEADING AND CAME TO REST UPRIGHT AND APPROXIMATELY 200 FEET FROM IMPACT.  THE PILOT WHO WAS NOT WEARING A HELMET AND DID NOT HAVE HIS SHOULDER HARNESS LOCKED-IN WAS THROWN FROM THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE AIRCRAFT AS IT CAME TO REST.                                                                     (.4) ON AUGUST 5, 2000, AT APPROXIMATELY 0800 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, A PIPER PA-36-285, N57616, PILOTED BY A COMMERCIAL PILOT, WAS DESTROYED WHEN IT IMPACTED TERRAIN NEAR OSBORNE, KANSAS. THE 14 CFR PART 137 AERIAL APPLICATION FLIGHT WAS NOT ON A FLIGHT PLAN. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. THE PILOT, WHO WAS THE SOLE OCCUPANT, WAS FATALLY INJURED. THE LOCAL FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM THE OSBORNE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (K75), OSBORNE, KANSAS, AT AN UNDETERMINED TIME. THE AIRCRAFT WAS FOUND RESTING IN A SOFT FIELD OF WHEAT STUBBLE 2.3 MILES NORTHEAST OF K75 AT APP ROXIMATELY 0815. THE PILOT HAD REPORTEDLY COMPLETED SPRAYING OF CROPS AND WAS RETURNING TO K75 WHEN THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED. THERE WERE NO REPORTED WITNESSES TO THE ACCIDENT.

## 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 CHI00LA243](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI00LA243), Aug 5, 2000: Piper PA-36-285 (N57616), Osborne, KS, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The unsuitable terrain for landing encountered by the pilot during the forced landing. Factors were the failure of the number four piston and cylinder, the soft terrain, and the main landing gear…

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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