# Accident 19800630024379A: Piper PA25235, Maricopa, AZ, June 30, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 30, 1980, 16:45 local time
- Place: Maricopa, AZ
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.0581° N, 112.0476° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Maricopa, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.0581&lon=-112.0476&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9182T, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9182T) (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: 625 total, 46 in this make and model, 46 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX80DUJ78](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80DUJ78) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800630024379A

## Narrative

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

TRIED TO TOW OFF GLIDER WITH APPROACHING DUST STORM. GOT WIND SHIFT, GLIDER LOSTCONTROL. TOW PLANE PULLED TO GROUND

## 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 LAX80DUJ78](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80DUJ78), Jun 30, 1980: Piper PA-25 (N9182T), Maricopa, AZ, substantial damage

## Other reports on N9182T (1)

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

- [Accident 19780728024569A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780728024569A), Jul 28, 1978: Piper PA25235 (N9182T), Maricopa, AZ, Substantial damage. Air duct from air filter to carburetor. Forced ldg in desert,hit b.

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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