# Accident 19760520016179A: Piper PA25235, Columbus, IN, May 20, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 20, 1976
- Place: Columbus, IN
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Location: 39.2073° N, 85.9220° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Columbus, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.2073&lon=-85.9220&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8599L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8599L-1990-09-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-25-235 (registry code 7102504, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-25-235) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA25235
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,800 total, 215 in this make and model, 110 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI76FEA34](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI76FEA34) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760520016179A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

ACFT APRX 183 LB OVR REC MAX GROSS WGT INCREASE OF 37 .

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (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 CHI76FEA34](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI76FEA34), May 20, 1976: Piper PA-25 (N8599L), Columbus, IN, destroyed, 1 fatal

## Other reports on N8599L (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19870417018689A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870417018689A), Apr 17, 1987: Piper PA25235 (N8599L), Kipp, KS, Substantial damage. Nosed over to the inverted position during a forced landing in a field. Engine failure. Found a broken crankshaft.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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