# Accident 19760720019559A: Piper PA25260, Idalou, TX, July 20, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 20, 1976
- Place: Idalou, TX
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Location: 33.6624° N, 101.6837° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Idalou, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6624&lon=-101.6837&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8835L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8835L-1981-10-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-25 (registry code 7102502, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA25260
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,850 total, 468 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW76DQG82](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW76DQG82) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760720019559A

## Narrative

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

No narrative was filed.

## 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 FTW76DQG82](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW76DQG82), Jul 20, 1976: Piper PA-25 (N8835L), Idalou, TX, destroyed

## Other reports on N8835L (1)

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

- [Accident 19770909028511A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770909028511A), Sep 9, 1977: Piper PA25260 (N8835L), Charlotte, TX, 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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