# Accident 19790525011959A: Piper PA25, Watson, MN, May 25, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 25, 1979, 07:01 local time
- Place: Watson, MN
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 45.0101° N, 95.7998° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Watson, MN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.0101&lon=-95.7998&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6337Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6337Z-2014-11-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-25 (registry code 7102502, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA25
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 313 total, 30 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC79DER40](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC79DER40) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790525011959A

## Narrative

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

DESCENDED INTO FIELD FOR SPRAY RUN,HIT GROUND,COLLAPSED LANDING GEAR.

## 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 MKC79DER40](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC79DER40), May 25, 1979: Piper PA-25 (N6337Z), Watson, MN, substantial damage

## Other reports on N6337Z (2)

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

- [Accident 19880507013059A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880507013059A), May 7, 1988: Piper PA25 (N6337Z), Chase, KS, Substantial damage, 1 fatal. Hit wires and spun in during an agriculture spray operation. Aircraft burned . Pilot died from burns in accident.
- [Accident 19810329013002A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810329013002A), Mar 29, 1981: Piper PA25 (N6337Z), Kilgore, TX, Substantial damage. A Cessna 140, N72699, landed on top of subject aircraft as it leveled for landing. Believed 140 was going around.

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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