# Accident 19730621017449A: Piper PA25260, Merced, CA, June 21, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 21, 1973
- Place: Merced, CA
- Airport: Merced
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Location: 37.3114° N, 120.4704° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Merced, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.3114&lon=-120.4704&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8537L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8537L-1982-09-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-25-260 (registry code 7102508, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-25-260) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA25260
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 25,000 total, 2,386 in this make and model, 180 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK73DVA65](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK73DVA65) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730621017449A

## Narrative

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

ACFT LNDD ACROSS FURROWS,GR COLLAPSED.

## 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 OAK73DVA65](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK73DVA65), Jun 21, 1973: Piper PA-25 (N8537L), Merced, CA, substantial damage

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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