# Accident 20100625037649A: Piper PA-36-285, Fremont, NE, June 25, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 25, 2010, 14:23 local time
- Place: Fremont, NE
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.4405° N, 96.4901° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.4405&lon=-96.4901&mi=10
- Aircraft: N269JW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N269JW-2012-09-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-36-285 (registry code 7103610, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-36-285) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 6-285-A (registry code 17038, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-6-285-a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-36-285
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-720
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 3,228 total, 2,013 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN10LA348](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10LA348) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100625037649A

## Narrative

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

ON JUNE 25, 2010, AT 1423 CDT, A PIPER PA-36-285, N269JW, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT 2-3 MILES NORTHWEST OF THE FREMONT MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (KFET), FREMONT, NEBRASKA. THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE TEKAMAH MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (KTQE), TEKAMAH, NEBRASKA, ON A FERRY FLIGHT TO SUTTON, NEBRASKA. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. A WITNESS NEAR THE ACCIDENT SITE REPORTED THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS BANKING RIGHT AND LEFT, LINED UP ON THE ROAD HE WAS DRIVING ON, AND THAN MADE A SHARP LEFT TURN, LOST ALTITUDE AND DISAPPEARED FROM SIGHT. THE AIRCRAFT FIRST STRUCK A FENCE WITH THE RIGHT AILERON ON A 060 DEGREE HEADING. THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK TWO MORE FENCES, A WOOD LIGHT POLE, A SMALL HAY BARN, AND A HEAVY GATE BEFORE COMING TO REST ON A 360 DEGREE HEADING 126 FEET FROM THE INITIAL IMPACT POINT. THE PILOT RECEIVED SERIOUS INJURES AND WAS AIR LIFTED TO UNMC IN OMAHA, NEBRASKA, WHERE HE WAS LISTED IN CRITICAL CONDITION. NO OTHER PERSONS WERE INJURED IN THE ACCIDENT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED AND THE FARM AT THE ACCIDENT SITE SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL PROPERTY DAMAGE.

## 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 CEN10LA348](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10LA348), Jun 25, 2010: Piper PA-36-285 (N269JW), Fremont, NE, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s loss of control for undetermined reasons.

## Other reports on N269JW (1)

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

- [Accident 19840823043029A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840823043029A), Aug 23, 1984: Piper PA36260 (N269JW), Hill City, KS, Destroyed. During spraying operation pilot descended into high vegatation which dragged airplane into ground.

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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