# Accident 19730822026599A: Piper PA25235, Escalon, CA, August 22, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 22, 1973
- Place: Escalon, CA
- Airport: Thornton Strip
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Location: 37.7914° N, 120.9997° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Escalon, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.7914&lon=-120.9997&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4709Y (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA25235
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10,000 total, 5,000 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK74DVD09](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK74DVD09) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730822026599A

## Narrative

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

L BRAKE FAILED FOR UNDTRMD REASON.IRRIGATION CANAL ADJ TO STRIP.

## 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 OAK74DVD09](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK74DVD09), Aug 22, 1973: Piper PA-25 (N4709Y), Escalon, CA, substantial damage

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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