# NTSB FTW86LQG16: Piper PA-36-375, N2370X, Plainview, TX, August 11, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: August 11, 1986, 16:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place: Plainview, TX
- Coordinates: 34.189903, -101.719757 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.1899&lon=-101.7198&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 22120
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW86LQG16
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/22120/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW86LQG16

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical, cruise - normal
  - fuel consumption calculations - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - fluid,fuel - exhaustion (cause)
  - fuel supply - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
- Gear collapsed, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - rough/uneven (contributing factor)
  - landing gear - overload

## Analysis

THE PILOT STATED THAT HE RAN OUT OF FUEL AS HE WAS RETURNING FROM AN AGRICULTURAL APPLICATION FLIGHT. WHILE LANDING IN COTTON ROWS, THE GEAR COLLAPSED AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N2370X](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2370X-1992-03-27), registration cancelled 1992-03-27, S/N 368202015 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-36-375
- Registry model: [Piper PA-36-375](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-36-375) (registry code 7103620) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 36-8202015
- Airframe hours: 1285
- Engines: LYCOMING IO-720-D1CD 375 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Aerial application, Part 137
- Registered owner: Holan Spraying Service, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection: Annual, February 12, 1986
- Departed: PVW, PLAINVIEW, TX

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 47; commercial; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: front; flight hours: 7,000 total, 1,610 in this make and model, 7,000 as pilot in command, 200 in the last 90 days, 10 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 70° at 3 knots
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 88 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: LBB, 25 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19860811038569A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860811038569A), Aug 11, 1986: Piper PA36375, Plainview, TX, Substantial damage. During return to airport after spray operation, fuel was exhausted. Landed in a field.

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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