# Incident 20140731017679I: Piper PA-36-285, Seneca, KS, July 31, 2014

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 31, 2014, 15:00 local time
- Place: Seneca, KS
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: HN9G
- Location: 39.8380° N, 96.0696° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Seneca, KS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.8380&lon=-96.0696&mi=10
- Aircraft: N57625, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N57625) (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 6-285-A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 8,922 total, 180 in this make and model, 160 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140731017679I

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT WAS MAKING AN AERIAL APPLICATION TO A FIELD AND WAS MAKING A CLEAN-UP PASS PARALLEL TO A GRAVEL ROAD. HE SAW A POWERLINE AND PULLED UP SHARPLY. HE FELT THE LINE BUMP THE TAILWHEEL. HE DETERMINED THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS FLYING NORMALLY AND RETURNED TO HIS HOME AIRPORT, LANDING WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. THE PILOT WAS UNINJURED AND A VISUAL INSPECTION SHOWED ONLY MINOR, COSMETIC DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.

## Other reports on N57625 (1)

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

- [Accident 20090612053889A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090612053889A), Jun 12, 2009: Piper PA-36-285 (N57625), Clark, SD, Substantial damage. 6/12/2009 Pilot [privacy data omitted] flew N57625 under [privacy data omitted] part 137 certificate O2HG performing agriculture spray operations. He departed…

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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