# Accident 19760611015659A: Piper PA25235, Sturgis, SD, June 11, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 11, 1976
- Place: Sturgis, SD
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Location: 44.4104° N, 103.4996° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sturgis, SD, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.4104&lon=-103.4996&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7500Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7500Z-2018-03-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-25-235 (registry code 7102504, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-25-235) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA25235
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,657 total, 1,207 in this make and model, 152 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC76FTK28](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC76FTK28) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760611015659A

## Narrative

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

SPRAYING ALFALFA

## 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 MKC76FTK28](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC76FTK28), Jun 11, 1976: Piper PA-25 (N7500Z), Sturgis, SD, destroyed

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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