# Accident 19731025033569A: Piper PA25235, Caddo Mills, TX, October 25, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 25, 1973
- Place: Caddo Mills, TX
- Airport: Caddo Mills
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Location: 33.0362° N, 96.2431° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CADDO MILLS MUNI (7F3), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.0362&lon=-96.2431&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6610Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6610Z-1973-12-06) (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: 1,300 total, 858 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW74FPA08](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW74FPA08) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19731025033569A

## Narrative

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

PLT MADE TOO TIGHT A TURN WHILE IN A STEEP BANK FROM BASE LEG TO FINAL RETRN FLT TEST ON SPRAY EQP

## 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 FTW74FPA08](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW74FPA08), Oct 25, 1973: Piper PA-25 (N6610Z), Caddo Mills, TX, destroyed

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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