# Accident 19790901028249A: Piper PA25235, Nashville, GA, September 1, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 1, 1979, 11:30 local time
- Place: Nashville, GA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 31.2057° N, 83.2464° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Nashville, GA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.2057&lon=-83.2464&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6842Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6842Z-2013-02-13) (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
- Reported engine: LYC O540*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 16,000 total, 800 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA79DLA51](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA79DLA51) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790901028249A

## Narrative

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

ENGINE CONNECTING ROD BOLT BROKE DURING AG OPERATION. EMERGENCY LANDED IN SOYBEAN FIELD.

## 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 MIA79DLA51](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA79DLA51), Sep 1, 1979: Piper PA-25 (N6842Z), Nashville, GA, 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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