# Accident 19790529012019A: Piper PA25235, Tonkawa, OK, May 29, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 29, 1979, 09:40 local time
- Place: Tonkawa, OK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 36.6705° N, 97.3150° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Tonkawa, OK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.6705&lon=-97.3150&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8624L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8624L-1987-12-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-25-235 (registry code 7102504, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-25-235) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA25235
- Reported engine: LYC O540*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,450 total, 918 in this make and model, 57 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW79DPJ20](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW79DPJ20) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790529012019A

## Narrative

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

PILOT STATED ENGINE STOPPED DURING SPRAY OPERATION. FLIPPED OVER ON LANDING. CAUSE UNKNOWN.

## 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 FTW79DPJ20](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW79DPJ20), May 29, 1979: Piper PA-25 (N8624L), Tonkawa, OK, substantial damage

## Other reports on N8624L (2)

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

- [Accident 19850428016669A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850428016669A), Apr 28, 1985: Piper PA25235 (N8624L), Grenola, KS, Destroyed. Pulled up from spray run and engine quit. Nosed into field and burned. Pilot thought he had enough fuel for flight.
- [Accident 19830429030119A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830429030119A), Apr 29, 1983: Piper PA25235 (N8624L), Grenola, KS, Substantial damage. During a spray run, ran out of fuel due to a fuel line leak. No ag operators certificate.

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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