# Accident 19790618024839A: Piper PA25235, Wrightsville, GA, June 18, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 18, 1979, 16:00 local time
- Place: Wrightsville, GA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 32.7268° N, 82.7191° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wrightsville, GA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7268&lon=-82.7191&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9534P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9534P-2012-11-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-25-235 (registry code 7102504, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-25-235) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA25235
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 23,000 total, 60 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA79FKG49](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA79FKG49) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790618024839A

## Narrative

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

AG ACFT HIT TREES, CRASHED & BURNED. AUTOPSY INDICATES PILOT INCAPACITATION DUE TO GALLBLADDER ATTACK.

## 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 MIA79FKG49](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA79FKG49), Jun 18, 1979: Piper PA-25 (N9534P), Wrightsville, GA, destroyed, 1 fatal

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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