# Accident 19790905023489A: Piper PA25235, Lee, MA, September 5, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 5, 1979, 13:00 local time
- Place: Lee, MA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 42.3068° N, 73.2507° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lee, MA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.3068&lon=-73.2507&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6505Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6505Z-1982-12-16) (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: 1,038 total, 15 in this make and model, 19 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC79FNE20](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC79FNE20) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790905023489A

## Narrative

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

AG PILOT STALLED AIRCRAFT DURING TURN-AROUND FROM A SPRAY RUN. HIT TREES, CRASHED AND BURNED.

## 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 NYC79FNE20](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC79FNE20), Sep 5, 1979: Piper PA-25 (N6505Z), Lee, MA, destroyed, 1 fatal

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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