# Accident 19790907025009A: Piper PA25235, Portales, NM, September 7, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 7, 1979, 17:45 local time
- Place: Portales, NM
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 34.1773° N, 103.3551° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Portales, NM, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.1773&lon=-103.3551&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4605Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4605Y-1979-11-21) (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: 1,084 total, 56 in this make and model, 53 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN79DQG07](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN79DQG07) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790907025009A

## Narrative

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

AG PILOT CRASHED ATTEMPTING EMERGENCY LANDING DUE TO FUEL EXHAUSTION.

## 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 DEN79DQG07](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN79DQG07), Sep 7, 1979: Piper PA-25 (N4605Y), Portales, NM, 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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