# Accident 19780120000619A: Piper PA25235, Christmas Vly, OR, January 20, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 20, 1978
- Place: Christmas Vly, OR
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Location: 43.2363° N, 120.6369° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Christmas Valley, OR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.2363&lon=-120.6369&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6559L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6559L-1978-03-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-25-260 (registry code 7102508, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-25-260) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA25235
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,000 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA78FYK07](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA78FYK07) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780120000619A

## Narrative

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

COLLIDED WITH ELEVATED SPRINKLER SYSTEM. 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 SEA78FYK07](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA78FYK07), Jan 20, 1978: Piper PA-25 (N6559L), Christmas Vly, OR, destroyed, 1 fatal

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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