# Accident 19810822050879A: Piper PA25235, Ness City, KS, August 22, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 22, 1981, 10:30 local time
- Place: Ness City, KS
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 38.4541° N, 99.9047° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Ness City, KS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.4541&lon=-99.9047&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8501L, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8501L) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-25-235 (registry code 7102504, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-25-235) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA25235
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,500 total, 2,380 in this make and model, 80 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC81DCQ50](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC81DCQ50) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810822050879A

## Narrative

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

RAN OUT OF FUEL RETURNING TO BASE AFTER SPRAY OPERATION. CAUGHT WING ON GROUND TURNING INTO WIND AND CARTWHEELED.

## 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 MKC81DCQ50](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC81DCQ50), Aug 22, 1981: Piper PA-25 (N8501L), Ness City, KS, substantial damage

## Other reports on N8501L (1)

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

- [Accident 20060906023449A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060906023449A), Sep 6, 2006: Piper PA25235 (N8501L), Harvey, ND, Substantial damage. (-23) On September 6, 2006, at 1415 local central daylight time, a Piper pa 25-235, N8501L, operated by a commercial pilot, contacted terrain during an arial…

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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