# Accident 19730917031659A: Piper PA25235, Cochran, GA, September 17, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 17, 1973
- Place: Cochran, GA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Location: 32.3881° N, 83.3504° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Cochran, GA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.3881&lon=-83.3504&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4682Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4682Y-2012-12-11) (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: 9,482 total, 4,250 in this make and model, 335 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA74DKG28](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA74DKG28) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730917031659A

## Narrative

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

PWR LINE AT AN ANGLE TO FLD.TRIED TO DIVE UNDER PWR LINE,STRUCK LINE,DSCNDD TO GND.

## 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 MIA74DKG28](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA74DKG28), Sep 17, 1973: Piper PA-25 (N4682Y), Cochran, GA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N4682Y (2)

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

- [Accident 19800505011169A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800505011169A), May 5, 1980: Piper PA25235 (N4682Y), Irwinville, GA, Substantial damage. Ag pilot crashed while attempting takeoff from Private strip. Insufficient airspeed to clear obstacles.
- [Accident 19740822029389A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740822029389A), Aug 22, 1974: Piper PA25235 (N4682Y), Climax, GA, Substantial damage. Plt did not know width and length of rwy. Hit corn on l side of rwy.

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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