# Incident 19800723062419I: Piper PA25235, Sioux Falls, SD, July 23, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 23, 1980, 05:15 local time
- Place: Sioux Falls, SD
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 43.5500° N, 96.7003° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sioux Falls, SD, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.5500&lon=-96.7003&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7630Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7630Z-2019-06-28) (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: 31,000 total, 500 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800723062419I

## Narrative

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

PILOT TURNING AIRPLANE ON ROAD ALLOWED WINGTIP TO CONTACT FENCE POST.

## Other reports on N7630Z (2)

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

- [Incident 19840629051929I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840629051929I), Jun 29, 1984: Piper PA25235 (N7630Z), Garretson, SD. Cut a wire during a spray flight. Returned to base with no damage.
- [Accident 19750718022219A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750718022219A), Jul 18, 1975: Piper PA25235 (N7630Z), Olivia, MN, Substantial damage. Mixture control arm stop pin sheared,mixt lean.

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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