# Accident 19800724030069A: Piper PA25235, Tulare, SD, July 24, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 24, 1980, 20:30 local time
- Place: Tulare, SD
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 44.7382° N, 98.5089° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Tulare, SD, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.7382&lon=-98.5089&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7057Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7057Z-1982-05-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-25-235 (registry code 7102504, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-25-235) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA25235
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,060 total, 220 in this make and model, 220 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN80FTK18](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN80FTK18) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800724030069A

## Narrative

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

AG PILOT ALLOWED AIRCRAFT TO HIT WIRES. AIRPLANE CRASHED AND BURNED.

## 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 DEN80FTK18](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN80FTK18), Jul 24, 1980: Piper PA-25 (N7057Z), Tulare, SD, 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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