# Accident 19730806023579A: Piper PA25235, Trinity, AL, August 6, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 6, 1973
- Place: Trinity, AL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Location: 34.5974° N, 87.0814° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Trinity, AL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.5974&lon=-87.0814&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7432Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7432Z-1973-10-03) (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: 12,000 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 90 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA74FKJ11](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA74FKJ11) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730806023579A

## Narrative

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

HIT A 2 STRAND POWERLINE WHICH BECAME TANGLED ON THE ACFT.

## 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 MIA74FKJ11](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA74FKJ11), Aug 6, 1973: Piper PA-25 (N7432Z), Trinity, AL, destroyed, 1 fatal

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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