# Accident 19830805045009A: Piper PA25, Baroda, MI, August 5, 1983

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 5, 1983, 12:00 local time
- Place: Baroda, MI
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 41.9540° N, 86.4880° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Baroda, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9540&lon=-86.4880&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4880Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4880Y-2017-02-17) (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 PA25
- Reported engine: LYC O540*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,562 total, 1,780 in this make and model, 220 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI83LA358](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI83LA358) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830805045009A

## Narrative

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

STRUCK WIRES ON A SPRAY RUN. IMPACT SPLIT HOPPER AND LOAD COVERED WINDSHELD. LANDED IN A FIELD AND NOSED OVER.

## 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 CHI83LA358](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI83LA358), Aug 5, 1983: Piper PA-25 (N4880Y), Baroda, MI, substantial damage

## Other reports on N4880Y (1)

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

- [Accident 19880730033679A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880730033679A), Jul 30, 1988: Piper PA25235 (N4880Y), Climax, GA, Substantial damage. Engine quit on a pullup from swath run. Nosed over in cotton. Crankshaft idler screw sheared. Disengaged camshaft.

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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