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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-25-235 · Slaton, TX · July 28, 1978

Date
July 28, 1978 · 18:55 local
Place
Slaton, TX
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
Pilot school (Part 141)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N4376Y
Reported as
Piper PA25235
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
256 total19 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Commercial pilot lost directional control in crosswind landing. Hit a fence. Took off for home base.

As the FAA filed it

COMMERCIAL PILOT LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL IN CROSSWIND LANDING. HIT A FENCE. TOOK OFF FOR HOME BASE.