# Accident 19790930026639A: Piper PA25, Lost Nation, IA, September 30, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 30, 1979, 13:30 local time
- Place: Lost Nation, IA
- Airport: Maquoketa
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 42.0507° N, 90.7392° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MAQUOKETA MUNI (OQW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.0507&lon=-90.7392&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4957Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4957Y-1981-05-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-25-235 (registry code 7102504, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-25-235) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA25
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,272 total, 800 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC79DCD44](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC79DCD44) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790930026639A

## Narrative

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

STALLED AIRCRAFT INTO TREES AFTER DEPARTING ROAD FOR AG OPERATION. FACT:OVERLOAD, UNSUITABLE TERRAIN.

## 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 MKC79DCD44](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC79DCD44), Sep 30, 1979: Piper PA-25 (N4957Y), Lost Nation, IA, 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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