- Date
- May 1, 1987, 11:00 local (17:00 UTC)
- Place
- Lamar, CO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N2335XPiper PA-36-375
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 31, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870501013059A
- Case key
- 17218
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The commercial plt was on takeoff from a dirt strip with a fully loaded ag acft, for an aerial application flt. After lifting off prematurely, the acft settled to the rwy. The left wing struck a post skidding the acft to the left. After crossing an irrigation ditch, the acft came to rest in a field.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2335X
- Reported as
- Piper PA-36-375
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 368202005
- Airframe hours
- 575
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-720-D1CD, 375 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Allen Tinnes, doing business as Tinnes Spraying Service
- Registered owner
- Tinnes Spraying Servece
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 3, 1987
- Airport
- Tinnes May Valley, runway 27, 3,800 × 50 ft, dirt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 38
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 1,690 total · 1,690 in this make and model · 1,575 as pilot in command · 66 in the last 90 days · 12 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.