# Accident 19790920037179A: Piper PA25235, La Moille, IL, September 20, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 20, 1979, 16:00 local time
- Place: La Moille, IL
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.5304° N, 89.2844° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of La Moille, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5304&lon=-89.2844&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8816L, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8816L) (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
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,055 total, 63 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI79DEE88](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI79DEE88) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790920037179A

## Narrative

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

LANDED AG AIRPLANE IN FARM FIELD. ACFT GROUND LOOPED. DRAGGED WING AND FLIPPED OVER.

## 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 CHI79DEE88](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI79DEE88), Sep 20, 1979: Piper PA-25 (N8816L), La Moille, IL, substantial damage

## Other reports on N8816L (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19810607038649A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810607038649A), Jun 7, 1981: Piper PA25235 (N8816L), Paw Paw, IL, Destroyed. Struck embankment off departure end of runway. Impact jammed elevators. Crashed out of control. Near gross weight.

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.