# Accident 19780501008459A: Piper PA25235, Pearsall, TX, May 1, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 1, 1978
- Place: Pearsall, TX
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Location: 28.8929° N, 99.0972° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Pearsall, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.8929&lon=-99.0972&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8596L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8596L-1980-09-05) (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: 5,000 total, 5,000 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW78DRG38](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW78DRG38) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780501008459A

## Narrative

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

INDUCTION AIR INTAKE BLOCKED BY COVER PLACED OVER CARB AIR FILTERING AIRCRAFT WASHING

## 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 FTW78DRG38](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW78DRG38), May 1, 1978: Piper PA-25 (N8596L), Pearsall, TX, substantial damage

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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