# Accident 20080619839779A: Piper PA36375, Lodi, CA, June 19, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 19, 2008, 06:45 local time
- Place: Lodi, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: H0RG
- Location: 38.0883° N, 121.3556° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.0883&lon=-121.3556&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
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 21,500 total, 5,700 in this make and model, 41 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX08CA188](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX08CA188) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080619839779A

## Narrative

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

(-23) CROP DUSTER AIRCRAFT WAS HEADING NORTH SPRAYING SULFUR ON GRAPEVINES WEST OF LODI, CA.  ON THIRD SPRAY PASS, AIRCRAFT STRUCK SEVERAL GRAPEVINES AND TRELLIS WIRING.  AIRCRAFT CART WHEELED AND CAME TO REST INVERTED 160 YARDS FROM FIRST CONTACT WITH GRAPEVINES.  PILOT EVACUATED AIRCRAFT.  AIRCRAFT IS DESTROYED.  RIGHT WING SEPARATED, EMPENNAGE BENT SEVERALLY, ENGINE AND PROPELLER SEPARATED FROM FUSELAAGE AD PROPELLER BLADES BENT SEVERALLY WITH SUDDEN STOPPAGE OF ENGINE.

## 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 LAX08CA188](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX08CA188), Jun 19, 2008: Piper PA-36-375 (N3859E), Lodi, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate in-flight decision to continue the flight into an area of obscured visibility and his failure to maintain clearance above obstacles.

## Other reports on N3859E (1)

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

- [Accident 20030405022491A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030405022491A), Apr 5, 2003: Piper PA36375 (N3859E), Harold, CA, Substantial damage. (-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,…

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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