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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA25235 · Langston, MI · July 3, 1981

Date
July 3, 1981 · 08:00 local
Place
Langston, MI
Phase of flight
Low Level Operations
Operating rules
Agricultural (Part 137)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N82539
NTSB investigation
NTSBCHI81DEM24
Reported as
Piper PA25235
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,639 total410 in this make and model52 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Stalled while trying to pull out of excessive descent rate at start of spray run.

As the FAA filed it

STALLED WHILE TRYING TO PULL OUT OF EXCESSIVE DESCENT RATE AT START OF SPRAY RUN.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.