# Accident 19790912023649A: Piper PA25235, Duck Hill, MS, September 12, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 12, 1979, 14:00 local time
- Place: Duck Hill, MS
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 33.6316° N, 89.7154° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Duck Hill, MS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6316&lon=-89.7154&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7446Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7446Z-1980-11-05) (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: 5,110 total, 1,785 in this make and model, 320 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA79DKQ34](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA79DKQ34) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790912023649A

## Narrative

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

AG ACFT ENGINE STOPPED. FUEL EXHAUSTION. HIT TREE ON EMERGENCY LANDING. PILOT FAILED TO CHECK FUEL BEFORE TAKE OFF

## 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 MIA79DKQ34](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA79DKQ34), Sep 12, 1979: Piper PA-25 (N7446Z), Duck Hill, MS, 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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