# Accident 19810703038559A: Piper PA25235, Langston, MI, July 3, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 3, 1981, 08:00 local time
- Place: Langston, MI
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 43.3139° N, 85.2439° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Langston, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.3139&lon=-85.2439&mi=10
- Aircraft: N82539 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA25235
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,639 total, 410 in this make and model, 52 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI81DEM24](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI81DEM24) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810703038559A

## Narrative

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

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

## 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 CHI81DEM24](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI81DEM24), Jul 3, 1981: Piper PA-25 (N82539), Langston, MI, 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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