# NTSB MKC84LA258: Piper PA-36-400, N269JW, Hill City, KS, August 23, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 23, 1984, 08:00 local (13:00 UTC)
- Place: Hill City, KS
- Coordinates: 39.36053, -99.839736 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.3605&lon=-99.8397&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 33778
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC84LA258
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/33778/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC84LA258

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight collision with terrain/water, maneuvering - aerial application
  - terrain condition - crop (contributing factor)
  - proper altitude - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - clearance - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N269JW-2012-09-20), registration cancelled 2012-09-20, S/N 36-7560063, built 1975 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-36-400
- Registry model: [Piper PA-36-285](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-36-285) (registry code 7103610) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 6-285-A](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-6-285-a) (registry code 17038, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 36-7560063
- Airframe hours: 1714
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 30; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19840823043029A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840823043029A), Aug 23, 1984: Piper PA36260, Hill City, KS, Destroyed. During spraying operation pilot descended into high vegatation which dragged airplane into ground.

## Other investigations on N269JW (1)

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.

- [NTSB CEN10LA348](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10LA348), Jun 25, 2010: Piper PA-36-285 (N269JW), Fremont, NE, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s loss of control for undetermined reasons.

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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