# Accident 20080509832469A: Piper PA36300, Thomas, OK, May 9, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 9, 2008, 17:10 local time
- Place: Thomas, OK
- Airport: Thomas Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 35.5447° N, 98.6683° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.5447&lon=-98.6683&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2368Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2368Y-2016-11-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-36-300 (registry code 7103612, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-36-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA36300
- Reported engine: LYC IO720*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 20,000 total, 1,300 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DFW08CA136](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW08CA136) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080509832469A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON MAY 9, 2008, THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS THE PILOT OF A 1981 PA-36-300 N2368Y, THAT HAD JUST DEPARTED THE THOMAS, OKLAHOMA (1O4) AIRPORT WITH A LOAD OF 150 GALLONS OF WATER TO RINSE OUT THE AIRCRAFT'S HOPPER OF A FUNGICIDE THAT HE HAD BEEN APPLYING TO A LOCAL WHEAT FIELD. SHORTLY AFTER DEPARTURE WHEN THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ MADE THE FIRST POWER REDUCTION, THE ENGINE LOST POWER AND ALTHOUGH IT WAS STILL RUNNING SMOOTHLY THE ENGINE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ THEN JETTISONED THE LOAD OF WATER APPROXIMATELY 3/4 OF A MILE SW OF THE AIRPORT AND MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN A VERY LUSH - 30 INCH TALL FIELD OF WHEAT. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ LANDED IN A SE DIRECTION, CONTACTING THE GROUND WITH THE RIGHT WING AND SNAPPING OFF THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR, FOLDING THE 3 BLADED PROPELLER AND TEARING FREE THE SPRAY BOOMS - BUT KEPT THE AIRCRAFT UPRIGHT AND EXITED THROUGH RIGHT MAIN AIRCRAFT DOOR. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS THE SOLE OCCUPANT OF THE AIRCRAFT AND WAS UNINJURED IN THE ACCIDENT. SEE ATTACHED STATEMENTS.

## 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 DFW08CA136](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW08CA136), May 9, 2008: Piper PA-36 (N2368Y), Thomas, OK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The disconnected throttle linkage resulting in the loss of engine power during takeoff-initial climb. A factor contributing to the accident was the muddy forced landing site.

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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