# Incident 19810101022069I: Piper PA25235, Phoenix, AZ, January 1, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 1, 1981, 16:45 local time
- Place: Phoenix, AZ
- Airport: Pleasant Valley
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.4484° N, 112.0740° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Phoenix, AZ, within about 13 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4484&lon=-112.0740&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6661Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6661Z-1989-02-06) (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: 500 total, 200 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810101022069I

## Narrative

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

GLIDER TOW PLANE STRUCK PERSON STANDING IN MIDDLE OF RUNWAY. SUN WAS IN PILOTS EYES.

## Other reports on N6661Z (2)

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

- [Accident 19860419013129A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860419013129A), Apr 19, 1986: Piper PA25235 (N6661Z), Phoenix, AZ, Substantial damage. High sink rate on a circular final. Caught a wing and crash landed short of the runway.
- [Accident 19730828028979A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730828028979A), Aug 28, 1973: Piper PA25235 (N6661Z), Picacho, AZ, Substantial damage. Engine quit in unbalanced flat turn during swathrun.

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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