# Accident 19730827029319A: Piper PA25, Parksley, VA, August 27, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 27, 1973
- Place: Parksley, VA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Location: 37.7863° N, 75.6539° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Parksley, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.7863&lon=-75.6539&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6198Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6198Z-1974-04-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-25 (registry code 7102502, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA25
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 500 total, 100 in this make and model, 120 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD74DID10](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD74DID10) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730827029319A

## Narrative

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

FOURTH SWATH RUN DRG ENTRY ACFT DSCNDD TO AND STRUCK SOYBEAN TOPS.

## 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 IAD74DID10](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD74DID10), Aug 27, 1973: Piper PA-25 (N6198Z), Parksley, VA, 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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