# Accident 19730626022419A: Piper PA25260, Sonora, TX, June 26, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 26, 1973
- Place: Sonora, TX
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Location: 30.5707° N, 100.6418° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sonora, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.5707&lon=-100.6418&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4822Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4822Y-1982-03-12) (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: 3,460 total, 2,500 in this make and model, 120 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW73DQG44](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW73DQG44) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730626022419A

## Narrative

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

OPER STATED BRAKES BECOME SOFT AFTER HARD USE.

## 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 FTW73DQG44](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW73DQG44), Jun 26, 1973: Piper PA-25 (N4822Y), Sonora, TX, substantial damage

## Other reports on N4822Y (1)

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

- [Accident 19780701017189A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780701017189A), Jul 1, 1978: Piper PA25235 (N4822Y), Christoval, TX, Destroyed

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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