# Accident 19800807034769A: Piper PA25235, Sidney, MT, August 7, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 7, 1980, 19:56 local time
- Place: Sidney, MT
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.7155° N, 104.1672° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sidney, MT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.7155&lon=-104.1672&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7375Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7375Z-2013-05-07) (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: 35 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN80FTA18](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN80FTA18) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800807034769A

## Narrative

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

STUDENT PILOT STOLE PLANE, CRASHED ON APPROACH TO AIRPORT.

## 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 DEN80FTA18](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN80FTA18), Aug 7, 1980: Piper PA-25 (N7375Z), Sidney, MT, substantial damage

## Other reports on N7375Z (2)

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

- [Incident 19780622047189I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780622047189I), Jun 22, 1978: Piper PA25235 (N7375Z), Watford City, ND, Minor damage. Engine quit when left magneto locked up. Impulse coupling pin stop wedged between case and coupling assembly.
- [Accident 19740817026979A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740817026979A), Aug 17, 1974: Piper PA25235 (N7375Z), Idaho Falls, ID, Substantial damage. Heavy load. Density alt 6480FT.

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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