# Accident 19730720021369A: Piper PA25235, Brownsville, TN, July 20, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 20, 1973
- Place: Brownsville, TN
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Location: 35.5890° N, 89.2579° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Brownsville, TN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.5890&lon=-89.2579&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8811L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8811L-1982-01-05) (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
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,150 total, 150 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD74DLT02](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD74DLT02) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730720021369A

## Narrative

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

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## 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 IAD74DLT02](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD74DLT02), Jul 20, 1973: Piper PA-25 (N8811L), Brownsville, TN, destroyed

## Other reports on N8811L (1)

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

- [Accident 19740325009279A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740325009279A), Mar 25, 1974: Piper PA25235 (N8811L), Farwell, TX, Substantial damage. Eng malf caused by failure to use lock plate on crankshaft timing gear attach bolt during overhaul

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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