# Accident 19790708015809A: Piper PA25, Cash, AR, July 8, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 8, 1979, 19:00 local time
- Place: Cash, AR
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 35.8012° N, 90.9316° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Cash, AR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.8012&lon=-90.9316&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4969Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4969Y-1982-11-19) (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: 1,217 total, 665 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW79DPG62](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW79DPG62) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790708015809A

## Narrative

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

PILOT STRUCK TREE DURING AERIAL APPLICATION FLIGHT.

## 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 FTW79DPG62](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW79DPG62), Jul 8, 1979: Piper PA-25 (N4969Y), Cash, AR, 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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