# Accident 19790919027499A: Piper PA25260, Pound, WI, September 19, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 19, 1979, 07:20 local time
- Place: Pound, WI
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 45.0989° N, 88.0324° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Pound, WI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.0989&lon=-88.0324&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9769P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9769P-1980-03-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-25-260 (registry code 7102508, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-25-260) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA25260
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,486 total, 26 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI79DEP78](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI79DEP78) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790919027499A

## Narrative

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

SUN OBSCURED AG PILOT'S VISION. ON PULL-UP, AIRCRAFT HIT A TREE.

## 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 CHI79DEP78](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI79DEP78), Sep 19, 1979: Piper PA-25 (N9769P), Pound, WI, 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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