# Accident 19810531031019A: Piper PA25, Lake Elmo, MN, May 31, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 31, 1981, 11:35 local time
- Place: Lake Elmo, MN
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 44.9879° N, 92.9097° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lake Elmo, MN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.9879&lon=-92.9097&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6140Z, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6140Z) (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: 2,475 total, 548 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI81FER39](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI81FER39) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810531031019A

## Narrative

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

AG PILOT HIT TREES DURING SPRAYING OPERATION.

## 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 CHI81FER39](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI81FER39), May 31, 1981: Piper PA-25 (N6140Z), Lake Elmo, MN, destroyed

## Other reports on N6140Z (1)

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

- [Accident 19820930065589A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820930065589A), Sep 30, 1982: Piper PA25 (N6140Z), Baldwin, WI, Substantial damage. Unable to liftoff 2/3 down runway. Tried to abort takeoff. Ran through 2 fences off end of runway. Overloaded.

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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