# Accident 20100729039749A: Piper PA-36-285, Petersburg, TX, July 29, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 29, 2010, 13:00 local time
- Place: Petersburg, TX
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Maneuver
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 33.8736° N, 101.5419° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8736&lon=-101.5419&mi=10
- Aircraft: N57706, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N57706-2013-08-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-36-285 (registry code 7103610, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-36-285) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-36-285
- Reported engine: AVCO LYCOMING IO-720-A1B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,716 total, 1,500 in this make and model, 193 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN10CA454](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10CA454) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100729039749A

## Narrative

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

ON 07-29-2010, AT APPROXIMATELY 13:00CDT, THE PILOT OF N57706, A PA-36-285, WAS CONDUCTING LOW LEVEL AGRICULTURAL AERIAL APPLICATION OPERATIONS IN FLOYDADA, TEXAS.  THE PILOT STATED HE HIT AN OBJECT WHICH DAMAGED THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR WHILE INFLIGHT.  HE CONTINUED TO FLY THE AIRPLANE TO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ A FEW MILES TO THE WEST IN PETERSBURG, TEXAS.  THE PILOT STATED HE WAS ON FINAL APPROACH LANDING TO THE NORTH.  THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN ON THE LEFT MAIN FIRST AS THE PILOT GRADUALLY APPLIED FULL CONTROL INPUT TO THE LEFT TO PROLONG THE RIGHT GEAR FROM TOUCHING  THE GROUND AS LONG AS POSSIBLE.THE RIGHT MAIN COLLAPSED AND THE RIGHT WING IMPACTED THE GROUND.  THE IMPACT FROM THE RIGHT WING CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO VEER SHARPLY TO THE RIGHT MAKING A 180 DEGREE TURN AND CAUSING THE LEFT MAIN TO COLLAPSE.THE SHARP VEERING TURN TO THE RIGHT WAS SO ABRUPT THE PILOT STATED HE BECAME AIRBORNE MOMENTARILY AS THE AIRCRAFT APPEARED TO BE TRAVELING IN BACKWARDS EVENTUALLY COMING TO REST ON THE RUNWAY IN A SOUTHERLY DIRECTION.THE AIRCRAFT DAMAGE TO THE WING SPAR AND FUSELAGE WAS SUBSTANTIAL.  THE PILOT AND SOLE OCCUPANT WAS NOT INJURED.

## 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 CEN10CA454](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10CA454), Jul 29, 2010: Piper PA-36-285 (N57706), Petersburg, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain clearance from a signpost during an aerial application flight.

## Other reports on N57706 (1)

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

- [Accident 19900616023859A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900616023859A), Jun 16, 1990: Piper PA36285 (N57706), Altheimer, AR, Substantial damage. Landing downwind on private strip. Ground looped. Left runway. Nosed over. Blamed no brakes. Not verified.

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.