# Accident 19790511025319A: Piper PA25260, Sharon, OK, May 11, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 11, 1979, 11:45 local time
- Place: Sharon, OK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 36.2755° N, 99.3381° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sharon, OK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.2755&lon=-99.3381&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4742Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4742Y-2012-12-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-25-260 (registry code 7102508, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-25-260) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA25260
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,212 total, 0 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW79DPJ16](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW79DPJ16) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790511025319A

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT STATED THAT HE BLEW A TIRE ON LANDING AND LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL.

## 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 FTW79DPJ16](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW79DPJ16), May 11, 1979: Piper PA-25 (N4742Y), Sharon, OK, substantial damage

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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