# Accident 19790531010259A: Piper PA25, Chouteau, OK, May 31, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 31, 1979, 11:20 local time
- Place: Chouteau, OK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 36.1895° N, 95.3389° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Chouteau, OK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1895&lon=-95.3389&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7161Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7161Z-1982-01-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-25-235 (registry code 7102504, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-25-235) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA25
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,116 total, 500 in this make and model, 70 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW79FPM09](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW79FPM09) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790531010259A

## Narrative

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

PILOT FLEW INTO POWER LINES WHILE CONDUCTING AGRICULTURAL OPERATIONS.

## 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 FTW79FPM09](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW79FPM09), May 31, 1979: Piper PA-25 (N7161Z), Chouteau, OK, destroyed

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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