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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA25 · Red Level, AL · September 13, 1982

Date
September 13, 1982 · 17:45 local
Place
Red Level, AL
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
Agricultural (Part 137)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N9728P
NTSB investigation
NTSBATL82DA273
Reported as
Piper PA25
Reported engine
Lycoming O540B2C5
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
4,700 total160 in this make and model120 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Lost oil pressure, wing struck a tree while landing on a road. Aircraft rotated into a ditch. Broken oil line.

As the FAA filed it

LOST OIL PRESSURE, WING STRUCK A TREE WHILE LANDING ON A ROAD. AIRCRAFT ROTATED INTO A DITCH. BROKEN OIL LINE.

NTSB investigation

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