# Accident 19730908029069A: Piper PA25235, Munday, TX, September 8, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 8, 1973
- Place: Munday, TX
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Location: 33.4471° N, 99.6239° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Munday, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4471&lon=-99.6239&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4785Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4785Y) (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: 8,100 total, 5,000 in this make and model, 300 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW74DPD09](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW74DPD09) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730908029069A

## Narrative

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

PLT FLEW SWTH RUN OVR BARN IN FLD DESCND INTO 5 FT CROP AFTR PASS OVR BARN-NOSED OVR.

## 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 FTW74DPD09](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW74DPD09), Sep 8, 1973: Piper PA-25 (N4785Y), Munday, TX, 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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