# NTSB WPR25LA008: Piper PA-36-285, N9928P, Marana, AZ, October 8, 2024

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 3 · Limited · Preliminary report
- Date: October 8, 2024, 07:45 local (14:45 UTC)
- Place: Marana, AZ · residential area
- Coordinates: 32.39319, -111.16021
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.3932&lon=-111.1602&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Maneuvering-low-alt flying: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT) ](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Investigation ongoing
- Investigation class: Class 3
- NTSB office: Western Pacific Region
- Parties: Federal Aviation Administration
- NTSB case key (mKey): 195284
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=WPR25LA008
- NTSB preliminary report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/195284/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR25LA008

## Preliminary report

On October 8, 2024, about 0745 mountain standard time, a Piper PA-36-285, N9928P, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Marana, Arizona. The pilot was not injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 137 aerial application flight. According to the pilot, he had been applying defoliant to a cotton field and completed a spray run. He climbed to approximately 120 ft above ground level (agl), and the airplane would not climb further. The pilot stated that the airplane began to descend due to insufficient engine power. The airplane subsequently impacted multiple residential structures and came to rest in a nose low attitude between two houses. A witness located approximately ½ mile southeast of the accident site, reported that he observed the accident airplane flying toward his yard when it “veered hard left at a knife edge bank angle”, then quickly leveled off. The airplane appeared to lose altitude and then descended out of view. Postaccident examination revealed substantial damage to the wings and fuselage. The landing gear and propeller assembly were found separated from the main wreckage. The wreckage was recovered for further examination.

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Maneuvering-low-alt flying: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT) ](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470) (defining event)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N9928P](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9928P), registered now, S/N 36-7560039 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-36-285
- 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: 36-7560039
- Year built: 1975
- Airframe hours: 7273
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Aerial application, Part 137
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection: Annual, November 1, 2023, 255 hours before
- Departed: n/a, Marana, AZ
- Equipment: Stall warning system

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 72 °F, dew point 28 °F
- Altimeter: 29.93 inHg
- Observed at: KRYN, 15 nm away
- METAR: KRYN 081445Z CALMKT 10SM CLR 22/M02 A2993=

## 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 20241008014119A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20241008014119A), Oct 8, 2024: Piper PA-36-285, Marana, AZ, Substantial damage. On 10/8/2024. Piper pawnee brave was performing agricultural/crop dusting operations on a field south-east of Marana Regional Airport (avq). The pilot reported…

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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