# Accident 19800904039759A: Piper PA25235, Weeping Water, NE, September 4, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 4, 1980, 19:10 local time
- Place: Weeping Water, NE
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 40.8691° N, 96.1403° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Weeping Water, NE, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8691&lon=-96.1403&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4997Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4997Y-2013-08-19) (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: 2,450 total, 507 in this make and model, 80 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC80DCJ39](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC80DCJ39) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800904039759A

## Narrative

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

STRUCK WIRES ENTERING SPRAY AREA.

## 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 MKC80DCJ39](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC80DCJ39), Sep 4, 1980: Piper PA-25 (N4997Y), Weeping Water, NE, substantial damage

## Other reports on N4997Y (1)

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

- [Accident 19960717027659A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960717027659A), Jul 17, 1996: Piper PA25235 (N4997Y), Crookston, MN, Substantial damage. Settled back to runway on takeoff. Aborted too late ran off end runway. (-23) pilot attempted take-off, aircraft became airborne, then settled back to ground.…

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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