# Incident 19790407012579I: Piper PA25235, Roswell, NM, April 7, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 7, 1979, 07:30 local time
- Place: Roswell, NM
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 33.3734° N, 104.5294° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Roswell, NM, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.3734&lon=-104.5294&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6527Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6527Z-2015-05-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-25-235 (registry code 7102504, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-25-235) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA25235
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 25,300 total, 3,000 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790407012579I

## Narrative

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

SPRAY PILOT MANEUVERED TO AVOID HITTING A HORSE, HIT A FENCE POST. DAMAGED THE LANDING GEAR

## Other reports on N6527Z (1)

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

- [Accident 19810728045719A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810728045719A), Jul 28, 1981: Piper PA25235 (N6527Z), Dexter, NM, Substantial damage. Engine quit returning to ag strip. Hit dirt ridge and flipped over, landing in open field. Fuel tanks were empty.

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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