# Accident 19730510011289A: Piper PA25235, Pecan Gap, TX, May 10, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 10, 1973
- Place: Pecan Gap, TX
- Airport: Briscoe Strip
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Location: 33.4390° N, 95.8531° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Pecan Gap, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4390&lon=-95.8531&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4971Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4971Y-1973-06-25) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 3,500 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW73FPA31](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW73FPA31) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730510011289A

## Narrative

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

ACFT NOT USED FOR AG OP.PAX SITTNG BEHND PLT.BLOOD ALCOHOL LVL 102 MG PCT.

## 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 FTW73FPA31](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW73FPA31), May 10, 1973: Piper PA-25 (N4971Y), Pecan Gap, TX, destroyed, 2 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.

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