# Accident 19810812052299A: Piper PA25235, Blue Earth, MN, August 12, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 12, 1981, 10:00 local time
- Place: Blue Earth, MN
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 43.6431° N, 94.1018° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Blue Earth, MN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.6431&lon=-94.1018&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6991Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6991Z-1990-04-02) (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
- Reported engine: LYC O540B2B5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,946 total, 1,897 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI81FER58](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI81FER58) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810812052299A

## Narrative

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

REPORTED ENGINE QUIT ON SPRAY RUN. NO POST-ACCIDENT ENGINE MALFUNCTIONS FOUND.

## 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 CHI81FER58](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI81FER58), Aug 12, 1981: Piper PA-25 (N6991Z), Blue Earth, MN, 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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