# Accident 19810329013002A: Piper PA25, Kilgore, TX, March 29, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 29, 1981, 12:15 local time
- Place: Kilgore, TX
- Airport: Kilgore
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Collision: Midair collision, second aircraft
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.4127° N, 94.8183° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at KILGORE (4TX6), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.4127&lon=-94.8183&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6337Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6337Z-2014-11-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-25 (registry code 7102502, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA25
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 312 total, 21 in this make and model, 24 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW81DA060](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW81DA060) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810329013002A

## Narrative

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

A CESSNA 140, N72699, LANDED ON TOP OF SUBJECT AIRCRAFT AS IT LEVELED FOR LANDING. BELIEVED 140 WAS GOING AROUND.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N72699, Cessna 140: [Accident 19810329013001A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810329013001A)

## 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 FTW81DA060](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW81DA060), Mar 29, 1981: Piper PA-25 (N6337Z), Kilgore, TX, substantial damage

## Other reports on N6337Z (2)

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

- [Accident 19880507013059A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880507013059A), May 7, 1988: Piper PA25 (N6337Z), Chase, KS, Substantial damage, 1 fatal. Hit wires and spun in during an agriculture spray operation. Aircraft burned . Pilot died from burns in accident.
- [Accident 19790525011959A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790525011959A), May 25, 1979: Piper PA25 (N6337Z), Watson, MN, Substantial damage. Descended into field for spray run,hit ground,collapsed landing gear.

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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