# Accident 19730725025039A: Piper PA25235, CA, July 25, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 25, 1973
- Place: CA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Aircraft: N4429Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4429Y) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-25-235 (registry code 7102504, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-25-235) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA25235
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,050 total, 280 in this make and model, 140 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK74DVD13](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK74DVD13) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730725025039A

## Narrative

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

No narrative was filed.

## 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 OAK74DVD13](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK74DVD13), Jul 25, 1973: Piper PA-25 (N4429Y), Stockton, CA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N4429Y (2)

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

- [Incident 19790310019809I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790310019809I), Mar 10, 1979: Piper PA25235 (N4429Y), Lovelock, NV, Minor damage. Aircraft landed on rocky shelf when engine quit from fuel exhaustion. Pilot said fuel gage read 10 gallons.
- [Accident 19760303004459A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760303004459A), Mar 3, 1976: Piper PA25235 (N4429Y), Tracy, CA, Substantial damage. Lnd in wheat fld.

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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