# Accident 19800616020129A: Piper PA25150, Grove City, MN, June 16, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 16, 1980, 19:15 local time
- Place: Grove City, MN
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 45.1492° N, 94.6825° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Grove City, MN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.1492&lon=-94.6825&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6444Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6444Z-2013-08-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-25 (registry code 7102502, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA25150
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 946 total, 287 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI80FER49](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI80FER49) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800616020129A

## Narrative

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

ENGINE LOST POWER ON PULLUP FROM SPRAY RUN. CRASHED INTO TREES FOUND AIRPLANE SERVICED BY OTHER THAN AVIATION FUEL.

## 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 CHI80FER49](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI80FER49), Jun 16, 1980: Piper PA-25 (N6444Z), Grove City, MN, destroyed, 1 fatal

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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