# Incident 20100624039309I: Piper PA-36-300, Minden, NE, June 24, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 24, 2010, 09:15 local time
- Place: Minden, NE
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 40.4982° N, 98.9670° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Minden, NE, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.4982&lon=-98.9670&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3711E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3711E-2019-10-28) (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 PA-36-300
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-540 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 3,000 total, 200 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100624039309I

## Narrative

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

ON JUNE 24, 2010 AT APPROXIMATELY 0915 CDT, THE PILOT OF A PIPER PA 36-300, N3711E, ATTEMPTED TO DEPART CAVANAUGH AIRFIELD WITH A LOAD OF INSECTICIDE WHILE CONDUCTING 14 CFR 137 OPERATIONS.  ON DEPARTURE, THE PILOT CLIMBED TO AN ALTITUDE OF 100 FEET AGL AND FELT THE AIRCRAFT BEGIN TO LOSE ALTITUDE.  THE PILOT THEN CONDUCTED TWO RIGHT TURNS IN AN EFFORT TO RETURN TO THE AIRFIELD.  THE AIRCRAFT FAILED TO MAINTAIN ALTITUDE AND THE PILOT MADE A FORCED LANDING IN A CORN FIELD APPROXIMATELY ONE MILE NORTH AND TWO MILES EAST OF THE POINT OF DEPARTURE. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE AND THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED.

## Other reports on N3711E (1)

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

- [Accident 20170528007859A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170528007859A), May 28, 2017: Piper PA-36-300 (N3711E), El Campo, TX, Destroyed. The plane was located in the middle of a field, that was adjacent to the field the pilot was doing aerial application on. It was noted that the plane was…

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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