- Date
- August 23, 1984, 08:00 local (13:00 UTC)
- Place
- Hill City, KS
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N269JWPiper PA-36-400
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840823043029A
- Case key
- 33778
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt cleared some power lines and descended to spray a sunflower field. The acft descended until it contacted the flowers with the landing gear. The tall flowers destroyed the leading edges of the acft wings and the landing gear. The drag slowed the acft but it continued flt to an adjacent field where it landed on the fuselage.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N269JW
- Reported as
- Piper PA-36-400
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 36-7560063
- Airframe hours
- 1,714
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-720-A1B, 400 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Registered owner
- Jerry Walts, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 1, 1983
- Departed
- Hill City, KS
- Airport
- Unknown
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
- 30
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 495 total · 113 in this make and model · 113 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N269JW · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.