# Accident 19730816026099A: Piper PA25235, Roby, TX, August 16, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 16, 1973
- Place: Roby, TX
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Location: 32.7460° N, 100.3794° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Roby, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7460&lon=-100.3794&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6623Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6623Z-1981-07-22) (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: 1,466 total, 301 in this make and model, 212 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW74DQG10](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW74DQG10) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730816026099A

## Narrative

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

WATER IN GASCOLATOR. NO LOAD ABOARD.

## 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 FTW74DQG10](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW74DQG10), Aug 16, 1973: Piper PA-25 (N6623Z), Roby, TX, substantial damage

## Other reports on N6623Z (1)

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

- [Accident 19731025036079A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19731025036079A), Oct 25, 1973: Piper PA25235 (N6623Z), Sylvester, TX, Substantial damage. Arsenic acid leaked on r aileron cable from tubing. Cable separated,lndd in cotton 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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