# Accident 20241008014119A: Piper PA-36-285, Marana, AZ, October 8, 2024

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 8, 2024, 07:45 local time
- Place: Marana, AZ
- Airport: Marana Regional
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Maneuver
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: ZBXG
- Location: 32.3932° N, 111.1602° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.3932&lon=-111.1602&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9928P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9928P) (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: 14,300 total, 11,500 in this make and model, 250 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR25LA008](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR25LA008) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20241008014119A

## Narrative

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

ON 10/8/2024. PIPER PAWNEE BRAVE WAS PERFORMING AGRICULTURAL/CROP DUSTING OPERATIONS ON A FIELD SOUTH-EAST OF MARANA REGIONAL AIRPORT (AVQ). THE PILOT REPORTED THAT HE HAD ALREADY APPLIED TWO LOADS OF HERBICIDE TO THE FIELD. AFTER DISPENSING THE THIRD LOAD, FLYING FROM WEST TO EAST TOWARD A SUBDIVISION OF HOMES, HE WAS TRAVELLING APPROXIMATELY 100 MPH AND PULLED UP AT THE END OF THE FIELD IN ORDER TO INITIATE A TURN AND RE-ENGAGE FOR ANOTHER APPLICATION.

THE PILOT STATED THAT WHEN HE PULLED UP OVER THE HOUSES TO INITIATE THE TURN THAT "THE AIRPLANE WASN'T REALLY CLIMBING," AND THAT HE "WANTED TO MAKE A RIGHT TURN BUT THERE WAS NOT ENOUGH AIRSPEED."

THE PILOT ALSO REPORTED THAT WHEN HE PULLED UP TO GET ABOVE THE HOMES THAT "THE AIRCRAFT STARTED SETTLING." IT WAS AT THIS TIME THAT THE AIRCRAFT CRASHED,  COMING TO REST ACROSS A 10 FOOT GAP BETWEEN TWO HOMES AT APPROXIMATELY 0745.

THE PILOT REPORTED THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS FUNCTIONING NORMALLY, STATING " IT FLEW FINE, IT WAS RUNNING AND ALL GAUGES WERE NORMAL." THE PILOT DOES NOT BELIEVE THAT THERE WERE ANY MECHANICAL ISSUES WITH THE AIRCRAFT.

THERE WAS APPROXIMATELY 35 GALLONS OF HERBICIDE ON BOARD AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. LOCAL PD DETERMINED THAT THE TANK THAT HELD THE HERBICIDE REMAINED INTACT AND DID NOT SPILL ANY HAZMAT.

AS A RESULT OF THIS ACCIDENT, 4 HOMES SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL STRUCTURE DAMAGE WITH ONE BEING INHABITABLE UNTIL REPAIRS CAN BE MADE.

THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE AND WAS RECOVERED TO THE OWNERS HANGER IN MARANA, AZ

## 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 WPR25LA008](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR25LA008), Oct 8, 2024: Piper PA-36-285 (N9928P), Marana, AZ, substantial damage, investigation ongoing

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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