19790612012429A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-25-235 · Eads, CO · June 12, 1979

Date
June 12, 1979 · 10:10 local
Place
Eads, CO
Phase of flight
Low Level Operations
Operating rules
Agricultural (Part 137)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N6496Z
NTSB investigation
NTSBDEN79DTE43
Reported as
Piper PA25235
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,837 total290 in this make and model173 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pilot became distracted and flew into the ground.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT BECAME DISTRACTED AND FLEW INTO THE GROUND.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.