- Date
- October 25, 1985, 18:00 local (23:00 UTC)
- Place
- Fluvanna, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N3671EPiper PA-36-300
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19851025054299A
- Case key
- 22112
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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 acft contacted a cattle guard during an attempted takeoff for an aerial application flt. The plt reported the acft was overloaded for the length of rwy being used for the takeoff. He continued to report he was too late in dumping the chemical load. The plt reported that because of several problems encountered during the day, stress was a major factor in the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3671E
- Reported as
- Piper PA-36-300
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 367860029
- Airframe hours
- 732
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-KIG5, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Don Chiles, doing business as C&S Flying Service
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 1, 1985 · 82 hours before
- Departed
- 06 · Fluvanna, TX
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
- 42
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 3,569 total · 500 in this make and model · 155 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.