# Accident 19730104000179A: Piper PA25235, Corcoran, CA, January 4, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 4, 1973
- Place: Corcoran, CA
- Phase of flight: Idling Engines
- Location: 36.0840° N, 119.5612° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Corcoran, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.0840&lon=-119.5612&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4684Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4684Y-1976-08-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-25-235 (registry code 7102504, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-25-235) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA25235
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,100 total, 2,500 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK73FVA35](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK73FVA35) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730104000179A

## Narrative

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

ACFT LOADER MAN WALKED AROUND TRUCK AND INTO THE PROPELLER.

## 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 OAK73FVA35](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK73FVA35), Jan 4, 1973: Piper PA-25 (N4684Y), Corcoran, CA, no damage

## Other reports on N4684Y (1)

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

- [Accident 19760508017119A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760508017119A), May 8, 1976: Piper PA25235 (N4684Y), Delano, CA, Destroyed. Hit pwr lines 36FT AGL abt 800FT frm end of rwy.

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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