# Accident 19790429010479A: Piper PA25235, Camdenton, MO, April 29, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 29, 1979, 18:10 local time
- Place: Camdenton, MO
- Airport: Camdenton
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.9740° N, 92.6913° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Camdenton Memorial Airport (OZS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.9740&lon=-92.6913&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6944Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6944Z-2018-01-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-25-235 (registry code 7102504, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-25-235) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA25235
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,895 total, 25 in this make and model, 179 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC79FCG41](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC79FCG41) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790429010479A

## Narrative

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

PILOT WAS PRACTICING AGRICULTURAL OPERATIONS. WITNESS SAW AIRCRAFT FLY INTO THE GROUND ON PROCEDURE TURN.

## 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 MKC79FCG41](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC79FCG41), Apr 29, 1979: Piper PA-25 (N6944Z), Camdenton, MO, substantial damage

## Other reports on N6944Z (2)

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

- [Accident 20080505835569A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080505835569A), May 5, 2008: Piper PA25235 (N6944Z), Mountain Grove, MO, Destroyed. (-23) According to the PIC, and supplemented by a MO state highway patrol incident report [privacy data omitted] had already completed two spray passes in a…
- [Incident 19810629056489I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810629056489I), Jun 29, 1981: Piper PA25235 (N6944Z), Rolla, MO, Minor damage. Ag pilot allowed aircraft to it tree during spraying operation.

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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