# Accident 19810502021659A: Piper PA25235, New River, AZ, May 2, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 2, 1981, 11:45 local time
- Place: New River, AZ
- Airport: Pleasant Valley
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.9159° N, 112.1360° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of New River, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9159&lon=-112.1360&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4367Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4367Y-1988-08-09) (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: 11,000 total, 345 in this make and model, 45 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX81FUJ57](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX81FUJ57) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810502021659A

## Narrative

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

TOW PLANE WAS SEEN ENTERING A FLAT SPIN FROM A STEEP SPIRAL AFTER TOW RELEASE. POSSIBLE PILOT CONTROL ERROR.

## 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 LAX81FUJ57](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX81FUJ57), May 2, 1981: Piper PA-25 (N4367Y), New River, AZ, destroyed, 1 fatal

## Other reports on N4367Y (1)

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

- [Accident 19750704019309A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750704019309A), Jul 4, 1975: Piper PA25235 (N4367Y), Wray, CO, Substantial damage. Automatic flagman device jammed. Ldg on road. Tall weeds on left side of road caught in spray equip.

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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