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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-25-235 · Middletown, ID · August 6, 1981

Date
August 6, 1981 · 08:45 local
Place
Middletown, ID
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
Agricultural (Part 137)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N4573Y
NTSB investigation
NTSBSEA81FYA21
Reported as
Piper PA25235
Reported engine
Lycoming O540B2C5
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
11,100 total3,800 in this make and model345 in the last 90 days

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What happened

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Engine quit returning to base. Crash landed short of emergency field. No engine defects found. Cause undetermined.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE QUIT RETURNING TO BASE. CRASH LANDED SHORT OF EMERGENCY FIELD. NO ENGINE DEFECTS FOUND. CAUSE UNDETERMINED.

NTSB investigation

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