# Accident 19810710048889A: Piper PA25235, Shelley, ID, July 10, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 10, 1981, 07:30 local time
- Place: Shelley, ID
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 43.3796° N, 112.1230° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Shelley, ID, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.3796&lon=-112.1230&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8553L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8553L-2000-02-25) (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: 5,890 total, 3,240 in this make and model, 250 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA81DYA15](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA81DYA15) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810710048889A

## Narrative

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

STRUCK TELEPHONE WIRES ON PULL UP FROM A SWATH RUN.  CRASHED IN ADJACENT FIELD.

## 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 SEA81DYA15](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA81DYA15), Jul 10, 1981: Piper PA-25 (N8553L), Shelley, ID, substantial damage

## Other reports on N8553L (1)

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

- [Accident 19980615013609A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980615013609A), Jun 15, 1998: Piper PA25235 (N8553L), Blackfoot, ID, Destroyed. Engine quit on climbout. Dropped load. Landed on highway shoulder. Hard landing. Resulted in flip over and fire. (-23)ag aicraft engine lost power shortly…

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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