# Accident 19790528016519A: Piper PA25, Perkins, OK, May 28, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 28, 1979, 10:45 local time
- Place: Perkins, OK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 35.9798° N, 97.0313° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Perkins, OK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.9798&lon=-97.0313&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6436Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6436Z-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: 1,515 total, 200 in this make and model, 250 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW79DPJ22](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW79DPJ22) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790528016519A

## Narrative

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

PILOT SAID HE HAD ENGINE MALFUNCTION AND MADE EMERG LANDING ON UNSUITABLE FIELD WHICH CAUSED ACFT TO FLIP INVERTED

## 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 FTW79DPJ22](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW79DPJ22), May 28, 1979: Piper PA-25 (N6436Z), Perkins, OK, substantial damage

## Other reports on N6436Z (1)

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

- [Accident 19780326007329A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780326007329A), Mar 26, 1978: Piper PA25235 (N6436Z), Cashion, OK, Substantial damage. Spraying wheat.

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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