# Incident 19810720056739I: Piper PA25260, Yankton, SD, July 20, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 20, 1981, 21:15 local time
- Place: Yankton, SD
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 42.8898° N, 97.3927° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Yankton, SD, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.8898&lon=-97.3927&mi=10
- Aircraft: N768 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA25260
- Reported engine: LYC IO540G1A5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,200 total, 700 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810720056739I

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT SAID HE THOUGHT THE ENGINE WAS RUNNING ROUGH SO HE MADE A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING IN A FIELD.

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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