# Accident 19790614012289A: Piper PA25260, Two Buttes, CO, June 14, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 14, 1979, 05:47 local time
- Place: Two Buttes, CO
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 37.5607° N, 102.3966° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Two Buttes, CO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.5607&lon=-102.3966&mi=10
- Aircraft: N82534, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N82534-1996-06-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-25-260 (registry code 7102508, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-25-260) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA25260
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 494 total, 40 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN79DTE45](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN79DTE45) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790614012289A

## Narrative

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

CROP DUSTER CRASHED DURING SWATH RUN ATTEMPTING TO PULLUP AFTER PASSING OVER HIGH TENSION WIRES.

## 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 DEN79DTE45](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN79DTE45), Jun 14, 1979: Piper PA-25 (N82534), Two Buttes, CO, substantial damage

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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