# Accident 20110723015989A: Piper PA-36-375, Cambridge, NE, July 23, 2011

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 23, 2011, 06:38 local time
- Place: Cambridge, NE
- Airport: Cambridge
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: J65G
- Location: 40.3081° N, 100.1667° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.3081&lon=-100.1667&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3963E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3963E-2021-05-08) (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 PA-36-375
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-720
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 480 total, 198 in this make and model, 99 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN11CA526](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN11CA526) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110723015989A

## Narrative

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

AT 0638 CDT ON JULY 23, 2011, N3963E, PIPER PA-36-375, S/N 36-7902029, TAXIED INTO POSITION AND TOOK OFF ON RUNWAY 32 AT THE CAMBRIDGE, NE AIRPORT (CSB).  THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED UNDER 14 CFR PARTS 91/137.  THE AIRCRAFT TOOK OFF AND CLIMBED TO APPROXIMATELY 10 FEET AGL.  THE AIRCRAFT PITCHED NOSE DOWN SLIGHTLY, AND THE PILOT JETTISONED THE HOPPER CONTENTS IN ITS ENTIRETY IN AN ATTEMPT TO GAIN ALTITUDE.  THE AIRCRAFT THEN PITCHED UP SLIGHTLY; HOWEVER, WAS UNABLE TO GAIN SUFFICIENT ALTITUDE TO CLEAR THE UPSLOPE OF THE RISING TERRAIN BEYOND THE END OF THE RUNWAY.  THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE UPSLOPE OF THE TERRAIN AT APPROXIMATELY 1200' FEET BEYOND THE END OF THE RUNWAY, BOUNCED SLIGHTLY, SKIDDED, STRUCK SEVERAL FENCE POSTS, SPUN AROUND 180 DEGREES AND CAME TO A REST APPROXIMATELY 1600 FEET BEYOND THE RUNWAY END.  THE AIRCRAFT SUFFERED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE, TO INCLUDE A COLLAPSED MAIN GEAR AND CRUSHED LEFT ELEVATOR.  THE PILOT 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 CEN11CA526](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN11CA526), Jul 23, 2011: Piper PA-36-375 (N3963E), Cambridge, NE, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to reset the engine's mixture control lever to the full rich position prior to takeoff.

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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