# Accident 19790805018539A: Piper PA25150, East Danville, IN, August 5, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 5, 1979, 17:20 local time
- Place: East Danville, IN
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Aircraft: N6209Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6209Z-1980-12-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-25 (registry code 7102502, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA25150
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,017 total, 153 in this make and model, 410 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI79FEX34](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI79FEX34) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790805018539A

## Narrative

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

HIT TREES ON PULL UP FROM SWATH RUN.

## 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 CHI79FEX34](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI79FEX34), Aug 5, 1979: Piper PA-25 (N6209Z), Danville, IN, 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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