- Date
- June 28, 1984, 07:45 local (12:45 UTC)
- Place
- Lake Benton, MN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N3681EPiper PA-36-300
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840628027649A
- Case key
- 12673
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
In flight collision with object
Object - wire,transmissionFactor
Clearance - misjudgedCause
Flight control,rudder - separation
Dragged wing,rotor,pod,float or tail/skid
Analysis
While on an aerial application flt, the plt was crossing under a power line when a wire caught the rudder & separated itfrom the acft. During a landing, the left wing contacted the ground 1st.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3681E
- Reported as
- Piper PA-36-300
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 36-7960049
- Airframe hours
- 1,016
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-K1G5, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Registered owner
- Kohlaas Spraying, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 20, 1984 · 93 hours before
- Departed
- Lake Benton, MN
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 32
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 1,637 total · 1,210 in this make and model · 1,567 as pilot in command · 90 in the last 90 days · 9 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 170° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 5,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MML, 24 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.