# Accident 19810428020249A: Piper PA25235, Pickwick Dam, TN, April 28, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 28, 1981, 19:00 local time
- Place: Pickwick Dam, TN
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Aircraft: N7682Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7682Z-2017-02-04) (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: 2,400 total, 400 in this make and model, 85 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL81FLT07](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL81FLT07) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810428020249A

## Narrative

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

ENGINE QUIT DURING SPRAY RUN. CRASH-LANDED IN ADJACENT FIELD. FOUND WATER IN FUEL SYSTEM.

## 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 ATL81FLT07](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL81FLT07), Apr 28, 1981: Piper PA-25 (N7682Z), Pickwick Dam, TN, 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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