Piper PA-36 N57868

4 September 1980 · Clovis, New Mexico, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 4 September 1980 at about 10:30 local time, a Piper PA-36 registered N57868, operated by Western Flying, was involved in an accident during in flight near Clovis, New Mexico, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 4 September 1980 at 10:30
Classification: Accident
Location: Clovis, New Mexico, United States
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Piper PA-36
Registration: N57868
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Western Flying
Operating rule: Aerial Applicator
Purpose of flight: Aerial Application
Phase of flight: In Flight
Route: S → Local
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-1811

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
1	0	0	0	1

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

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PLT STATED DISTRACTED BY PLOW IN CROPS BELOW.

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No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record 3-1811, from the public aviation accident database.

Records from before 1982 are not in the NTSB's online investigation search. The full dataset can be downloaded from data.ntsb.gov/avdata.

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