# Accident 20030405022491A: Piper PA36375, Harold, CA, April 5, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 5, 2003, 11:00 local time
- Place: Harold, CA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Collision: Midair collision, first aircraft
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.3039° N, 121.2508° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.3039&lon=-121.2508&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3859E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3859E-2008-08-12) (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
- Pilot flight hours: 20,000 total, 4,000 in this make and model, 80 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX03LA129](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX03LA129) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030405022491A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AFTER LANDING AT A PRIVATE AIRPORT, BOTTIMORE RANCH, THE PILOT OF THE GRUMMAN TIGER LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT. AFTER IT CAME TO A STOP, THE PILOT NOTICED ANOTHER AIRCRAFT GOING OVERHEAD. THE OTHER AIRCRAFT HAD APPARENTLY LANDED ON TOP OF THE GRUMMAN TIGER CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. THE FIRST AIRCRAFT, A PA-36, SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES, VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N28821, Amrgen AA5B: [Accident 20030405022492A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030405022492A)

## 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 LAX03LA129](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX03LA129), Apr 5, 2003: Piper PA-36-375 (N3859E), Herald, CA, minor damage. Probable cause: the inadequate visual lookout for other aircraft by both pilots that resulted in a midair collision.

## Other reports on N3859E (1)

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

- [Accident 20080619839779A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080619839779A), Jun 19, 2008: Piper PA36375 (N3859E), Lodi, CA, Destroyed. (-23) Crop duster aircraft was heading north spraying sulfur on grapevines west of Lodi, CA. On third spray pass, aircraft struck several grapevines and…

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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