# Accident 19810803047279A: Piper PA25235, Indianola, IA, August 3, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 3, 1981, 16:00 local time
- Place: Indianola, IA
- Airport: Lavertys
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 41.3630° N, 93.5655° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Indianola, IA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3630&lon=-93.5655&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4719Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4719Y-1982-03-26) (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: 1,048 total, 750 in this make and model, 125 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC81DCD29](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC81DCD29) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810803047279A

## Narrative

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

MADE DOWNWIND UPHILL TAKEOFF.  UNABLE TO CLEAR TREES, TALL GRASS ON PRIVATE AG STRIP.

## 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 MKC81DCD29](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC81DCD29), Aug 3, 1981: Piper PA-25 (N4719Y), Indianola, IA, destroyed

## Other reports on N4719Y (1)

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

- [Accident 19730625017909A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730625017909A), Jun 25, 1973: Piper PA25235 (N4719Y), Mediapolis, IA, Substantial damage. Acft loaded same as on prev trips. Un clb out of gnd effect,apchg wires pct elected to lnd acft.

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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