# Accident 19731025035119A: Piper PA25235, Rochester, TX, October 25, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 25, 1973
- Place: Rochester, TX
- Airport: Rochester
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Location: 33.3142° N, 99.8565° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Rochester, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.3142&lon=-99.8565&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7295Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7295Z-2017-10-20) (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: 6,624 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 310 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW74FPD20](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW74FPD20) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19731025035119A

## Narrative

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

PLT INCAPCTATN FOR REASN NOT DETERMND.ACFT OBSVD SPINNG NO ATTMPTD RECOVERY.NO ACFT MALFNCTN FOUND

## 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 FTW74FPD20](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW74FPD20), Oct 25, 1973: Piper PA-25 (N7295Z), Rochester, TX, destroyed, 1 fatal

## Other reports on N7295Z (1)

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

- [Accident 19730510010489A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730510010489A), May 10, 1973: Piper PA25235 (N7295Z), Mer Rouge, LA, Substantial damage. Did not visually ck fuel.r wing hit tree.

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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