- Date
- July 18, 1988, 07:00 local (12:00 UTC)
- Place
- Buchanan, ND
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N9990PPiper PA-36-285
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 9, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880718046529A
- Case key
- 17508
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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.
Analysis
The plt said he made several swath runs passing under a transmission line and over a power line that crossed the end of the fld being sprayed. He said as he passed under the transmission line during a run the vert stab collided with the line and was damaged. He then decided to land on a road to assess the damage. During the flare, the aircraft could not be controlled with rudder. The acft went into the ditch.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9990P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-36-285
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 367560105
- Airframe hours
- 2,185
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-K1G5, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Ivesdal, Mark R.
- Registered owner
- Ivesdal, Mark
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 6, 1988 · 81 hours before
- Departed
- NONE · Pingree, ND
- Destination
- NONE
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
- 40
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 1,433 total · 1,055 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.