# Accident 19780820024719A: Piper PA25235, Center, CO, August 20, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 20, 1978
- Place: Center, CO
- Airport: Center
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Location: 37.7523° N, 106.1104° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Center, CO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.7523&lon=-106.1104&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5KL, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5KL-1998-02-09) (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: 540 total, 15 in this make and model, 77 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN78DTE88](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN78DTE88) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780820024719A

## 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 DEN78DTE88](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN78DTE88), Aug 20, 1978: Piper PA-25 (N5KL), Center, CO, substantial damage

## Other reports on N5KL (2)

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

- [Accident 19740510021249A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740510021249A), May 10, 1974: Piper PA25235 (N5KL), Center, CO, Substantial damage. Landed in open field. Collided with ditches. Density alt 10000FT.calibration flt,water in spray tank
- [Accident 19730414008469A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730414008469A), Apr 14, 1973: Piper PA25235 (N5KL), Center, CO, Substantial damage. Gusting to 35K. Plt had 10 hrs conventional gr time,2 in type.

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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