# Accident 20170729012889A: Piper PA-36-285, Mccook, NE, July 29, 2017

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 29, 2017, 14:30 local time
- Place: Mccook, NE
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Maneuver
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: RIYG
- Location: 40.2811° N, 100.6242° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.2811&lon=-100.6242&mi=10
- Aircraft: N132VA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N132VA-2019-02-12) (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: LYCOMING IO-720 A1B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,361 total, 595 in this make and model, 113 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA17CA453](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA17CA453) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170729012889A

## Narrative

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

DURING AERIAL APPLICATION THE PILOT WAS ATTEMPTIING TO LINE UP ON A DOWNWIND PASS, ON THE THIRD ATTEMPT THE AIRCRAFT LOST LIFT AND WAS FLOWN INTO THE GROUND, IN THE FIELD JUST NORTH OF THE FIELD BEING SPRAYED.  THE PILOT RECEIVED NO INJURIES.

## 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 GAA17CA453](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA17CA453), Jul 29, 2017: Piper PA36 (N132VA), McCook, NE, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed and his exceedance of the airplane’s critical angle of attack while maneuvering downwind during an agricultural application flight, which resulted in…

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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