# Accident 19790806019719A: Piper PA25235, Sunbury, NC, August 6, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 6, 1979, 10:15 local time
- Place: Sunbury, NC
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 36.4469° N, 76.6127° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sunbury, NC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.4469&lon=-76.6127&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8911L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8911L-1989-03-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-25-235 (registry code 7102504, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-25-235) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA25235
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,395 total, 93 in this make and model, 93 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD79DLJ12](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD79DLJ12) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790806019719A

## Narrative

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

HIT TREE ON PULL UP FROM PRACTICE. WATER SPRAY RUN OVER FIELD. FACTOR; DIVERTED ATTENTION TO SPRAY BOOM

## 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 IAD79DLJ12](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD79DLJ12), Aug 6, 1979: Piper PA-25 (N8911L), Elizabeth City, NC, 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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