# Accident 19730702019749A: Piper PA25235, Bay City, MI, July 2, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 2, 1973
- Place: Bay City, MI
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Location: 43.5901° N, 83.8884° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bay City, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.5901&lon=-83.8884&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7317Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7317Z-1981-10-14) (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
- Reported engine: LYC
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,800 total, 2,059 in this make and model, 250 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI74DEM02](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI74DEM02) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730702019749A

## Narrative

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

ACFT ON FERRY FLT.LNDD IN A POTATOE FLD.NR 3 PISTON FAILED IN THE LWR OIL WIPER RING GROOVE.

## 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 CHI74DEM02](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI74DEM02), Jul 2, 1973: Piper PA-25 (N7317Z), Bay City, MI, substantial damage

## Other reports on N7317Z (1)

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

- [Accident 19780707026269A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780707026269A), Jul 7, 1978: Piper PA25235 (N7317Z), Logansport, IN, 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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