# Accident 19820720030609A: Piper PA25150, Winamac, IN, July 20, 1982

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 20, 1982, 18:58 local time
- Place: Winamac, IN
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.0508° N, 86.5999° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.0508&lon=-86.5999&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6241Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6241Z-1989-06-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-25 (registry code 7102502, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA25150
- Reported engine: LYC O320A2B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,144 total, 80 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI82FA259](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI82FA259) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820720030609A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT RAN OUT OF FUEL DURING A PRACTICE SPRAY RUN. STRUCK WIRES AND CRASHED. POSSIBLE FUEL STOLEN FROM AIRCRAFT.

## 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 CHI82FA259](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI82FA259), Jul 20, 1982: Piper PA-25-150 (N6241Z), Winamac, IN, destroyed, 1 fatal

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.