# NTSB CHI86FEC07: Piper PA-36-285, N65130, Imlay City, MI, September 22, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: September 22, 1986, 17:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place: Imlay City, MI
- Coordinates: 43.010223, -83.070739 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.0102&lon=-83.0707&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report April 25, 1988
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 13285
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI86FEC07
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/13285/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI86FEC07

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- In flight collision with terrain/water, takeoff - initial climb
  - preflight planning/preparation - poor, pilot in command (cause)
  - all available runway - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - airspeed(vlof) - not attained, pilot in command (cause)
  - remedial action - delayed, pilot in command (cause)
  - load jettison - not performed, pilot in command (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE PILOT STATED THAT TAKEOFF ACCELERATION DID NOT SEEM NORMAL. HE ROTATED APPROX 5 MPH EARLY AND COULD NOT CLIMB OUT. HE DELAYED EMERGENCY DUMPING OF THE LOAD OF INSECTICIDE UNTIL CLEARING A DRAINAGE DITCH. HE STATED THAT IF HE WOULD HAVE DUMPED AT THE END OF THE RUNWAY INSTEAD, THE ACCIDENT 'WOULD PROBABLY NOT HAVE OCCURRED'.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N65130 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-36-285
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 367560047
- Airframe hours: 2676
- Engines: LYCOMING CONTINENTAL 285 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Aerial application, Part 137
- Operator: Hatfield Spraying Corp.
- Registered owner: William G. Hatfield
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection: Annual, April 22, 1986, 234 hours before
- Airport: Private Strip, runway 36, 1,700 ×  ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 46; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: center; flight hours: 8,956 total, 3,000 in this make and model, 8,765 as pilot in command, 225 in the last 90 days, 81 in the last 30 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 60° at 2 knots
- Visibility: 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 77 °F

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.

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