# Accident 20170528007859A: Piper PA-36-300, El Campo, TX, May 28, 2017

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 28, 2017, 09:28 local time
- Place: El Campo, TX
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: T0GG
- Location: 29.1231° N, 96.2469° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.1231&lon=-96.2469&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, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 450 total, 150 in this make and model, 45 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN17LA202](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN17LA202) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170528007859A

## Narrative

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

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 RESTING UNDER THE AREA WHERE A REPOSITION TURN WOULD HAVE OCCURRED.

THE HIGHWAY PATROL OFFICER STATED THAT SOME WORKERS IN THE AREA STATED THEY HEARD THE ENGINE SPUTTER, BUT NONE OF THOSE PEOPLE COULD BE LOCATED.

AN EXAMINATION OF THE AIRCRAFT WAS COMPLETED AND THE FOLLOWING WAS OBSERVED:

1. THE PLANE LEFT WING IMPACTED THE GROUND FIRST OR JUST AS THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT HIT THE GROUND.

2. THE PLANE IMPACTED THE GROUND IN A NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE.

3. THE GEAR AND ENGINE WAS DISLOCATED FROM THE PLANE.

4. THE PLANE SLIDEABOUT 20 TO 30 FEET, WHILE ROTATING TO THE LEFT 90 DEGREES.

5. THE LEFT WING?S REAR ATTACHMENT POINT WAS PUSHED INTO THE FUSELAGE.

6. THE RIGHT WING?S REAR ATTACHMENT POINT WAS TORN AWAY FROM THE FUSELAGE.

7. THERE WERE NO CONNECTION ISSUES IN THE CONTROL SURFACES.

8. THE ENGINE WAS UPSIDE DOWN.

9. THE BENDING OF THE PROPELLER BLADES SHOWED IT WAS MAKING POWER, WHEN IT HIT THE GROUND.

10. THE GPS UNIT DID NOT ALLOW FOR THE DOWNLOADING OF THE AIRCRAFT FLIGHT INFORMATION.

THE POSITION OF THE AIRCRAFT AND IMPACT MARKS ON THE GROUND ARE CONSISTENT WITH A STALL/SPIN EVENT.  WITH THE AIRCRAFT BEING IN A REPOSITIONING TURN, THE STALL/SPIN OCCURRED AT AN ALTITUDE THAT WOULD NOT HAVE GIVEN THE PILOT TIME TO RECOVER.

## 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 CEN17LA202](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN17LA202), May 28, 2017: Piper PA36 (N3711E), El Campo, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: Foam contamination in the fuel injector nozzles from deteriorated foam baffles and water in the fuel flow divider, the combination of which resulted in the loss of engine power.

## Other reports on N3711E (1)

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

- [Incident 20100624039309I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100624039309I), Jun 24, 2010: Piper PA-36-300 (N3711E), Minden, NE, Minor damage. 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…

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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