# Accident 19730510014299A: Piper PA25235, Mccullough, AL, May 10, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 10, 1973
- Place: Mccullough, AL
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Location: 31.1668° N, 87.5264° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of McCullough, AL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.1668&lon=-87.5264&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7716Z, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7716Z) (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 PA25235
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 853 total, 244 in this make and model, 44 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA73DKJ56](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA73DKJ56) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730510014299A

## Narrative

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

DRG FLARE L WING STRUCK WHEAT.

## 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 MIA73DKJ56](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA73DKJ56), May 10, 1973: Piper PA-25 (N7716Z), Mccullough, AL, substantial damage

## Other reports on N7716Z (1)

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

- [Incident 19940611029009I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940611029009I), Jun 11, 1994: Piper PA25235 (N7716Z), Kline, CO, Minor damage. Microwave from nearby cell. Forced landed in farm field. No annual inspection nor completed ops provision spec.

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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