# Accident 19730517012459A: Piper PA25235, Tonkawa, OK, May 17, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 17, 1973
- Place: Tonkawa, OK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Location: 36.6705° N, 97.3150° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Tonkawa, OK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.6705&lon=-97.3150&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6197Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6197Z-1973-10-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-25 (registry code 7102502, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA25235
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 800 total, 400 in this make and model, 83 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW73DPJ19](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW73DPJ19) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730517012459A

## Narrative

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

PLT FLEW ACFT LESS THAN 3FT ABOVE GRND LFT WNG CAUGHT WHEAT IN FLD ADJACNT TO ALFALFA FLD SPRAYED

## 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 FTW73DPJ19](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW73DPJ19), May 17, 1973: Piper PA-25 (N6197Z), Tonkawa, OK, substantial damage

## Other reports on N6197Z (1)

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

- [Accident 19730711020839A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730711020839A), Jul 11, 1973: Piper PA25235 (N6197Z), Tonkawa, OK, Destroyed. Calf ran onto rwy. Plt reduced pwr & dumped load,then cont tkof. Hit pwr line 25FT AGL.rwy edge clr.

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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