# Accident 19780727020229A: Piper PA25235, Menno,Sd, SD, July 27, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 27, 1978
- Place: Menno,Sd, SD
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Location: 43.2385° N, 97.5774° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Menno, SD, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.2385&lon=-97.5774&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4790Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4790Y-1984-12-28) (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: 1,730 total, 87 in this make and model, 87 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC78DTK28](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC78DTK28) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780727020229A

## Narrative

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

SWATHER PARKED ON DEPARTURE END OF RWY.

## 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 MKC78DTK28](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC78DTK28), Jul 27, 1978: Piper PA-25 (N4790Y), Menno, SD, substantial damage

## Other reports on N4790Y (1)

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

- [Accident 19800726066779A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800726066779A), Jul 26, 1980: Piper PA25235 (N4790Y), Unadilla, GA, Destroyed. Struck trees on pull up from spray run. Impact severed right wing. Crashed 400 feet from wing.

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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