# Accident 19800926048589A: Piper PA25235, Evansville, WI, September 26, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 26, 1980, 10:30 local time
- Place: Evansville, WI
- Airport: Fellows
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 42.7782° N, 89.2948° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Evansville, WI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.7782&lon=-89.2948&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7627Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7627Z-2014-11-18) (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: 2,114 total, 1,931 in this make and model, 143 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI80FEP58](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI80FEP58) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800926048589A

## Narrative

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

RAN OUT OF FUEL RETURNING TO HOME BASE. COLLAPSED GEAR LANDING. CROSS FURROWS IN FIELD NEAR 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 CHI80FEP58](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI80FEP58), Sep 26, 1980: Piper PA-25 (N7627Z), Evansville, WI, 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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