# Accident 19800802034239A: Piper PA25235, Dumas, TX, August 2, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 2, 1980, 09:00 local time
- Place: Dumas, TX
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 35.8620° N, 101.9650° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Dumas, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.8620&lon=-101.9650&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8561L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8561L-2002-01-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-25-260 (registry code 7102508, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-25-260) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: NONE (registry code 00000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA25235
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 40,000 total, 40,000 in this make and model, 102 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW80FQG35](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW80FQG35) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800802034239A

## Narrative

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

LEFT WING SEPARATED IN FLIGHT.FOUND MISALIGNED HOLES DRILLED IN SPAR DURING CONVERSION TO METAL WING CAUSED FAILURE

## 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 FTW80FQG35](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW80FQG35), Aug 2, 1980: Piper PA-25 (N8561L), Dumas, TX, destroyed, 1 fatal

## Other reports on N8561L (1)

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

- [Accident 19990708008559A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990708008559A), Jul 8, 1999: Piper PA25260 (N8561L), Wallis, TX, Substantial damage. Acft settled back to the ground on take-off for unknown reasons and sustained substantial damage. (.4)the agricultural airplane experienced a loss of engine…

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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