# Accident 19790825031189A: Piper PA25260, Walker, MN, August 25, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 25, 1979, 06:50 local time
- Place: Walker, MN
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 47.0908° N, 94.5869° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Walker, MN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.0908&lon=-94.5869&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9732P (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA25260
- Reported engine: LYC O540*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,967 total, 1,020 in this make and model, 227 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC79DER66](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC79DER66) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790825031189A

## Narrative

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

IGNITION HARNESS DETERIORATED. POWER LOSS ON TAKEOFF. HIT TREES.

## 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 MKC79DER66](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC79DER66), Aug 25, 1979: Piper PA-25 (N9732P), Walker, MN, 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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