# Accident 19830826044369A: Piper PA25235, Montrose, SD, August 26, 1983

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 26, 1983, 08:30 local time
- Place: Montrose, SD
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 43.6996° N, 97.1801° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.6996&lon=-97.1801&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4473Y (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA25235
- Reported engine: LYC O540B2C5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 763 total, 432 in this make and model, 120 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN83LA199](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN83LA199) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830826044369A

## Narrative

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

AG PILOT HIT GUIDE CABLES DURING AERIAL APPLICATION OPERATION. FIRE OCCURRED AFTER CRASH.

## 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 DEN83LA199](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN83LA199), Aug 26, 1983: Piper PA-25B-235 (N4473Y), Montrose, SD, destroyed

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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