# Accident 19800621022939A: Piper PA25235, South Haven, MI, June 21, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 21, 1980, 07:10 local time
- Place: South Haven, MI
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 42.4013° N, 86.2684° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of South Haven, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.4013&lon=-86.2684&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7278Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7278Z-2014-12-22) (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: 753 total, 157 in this make and model, 106 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI80DEM30](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI80DEM30) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800621022939A

## Narrative

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

FAILED TO REDUCE SINK RATE ON DESCENT OVER FIELD FOR A SPRAY RUN. WHEELS CAUGHT IN CROP.

## 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 CHI80DEM30](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI80DEM30), Jun 21, 1980: Piper PA-25 (N7278Z), South Haven, MI, substantial damage

## Other reports on N7278Z (1)

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

- [Accident 19770713019009A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770713019009A), Jul 13, 1977: Piper PA25235 (N7278Z), Niles, MI, 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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