# Accident 19740117000769A: Piper PA25235, Petit Jean, AR, January 17, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 17, 1974
- Place: Petit Jean, AR
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Location: 35.0906° N, 93.1805° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Petit Jean, AR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.0906&lon=-93.1805&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8225, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8225-1974-02-21) (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
- Reported engine: LYC
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,500 total, 3,000 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW74FPG42](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW74FPG42) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740117000769A

## Narrative

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

R FWD CYL ASSMBLY FAILED.RAN INTO SMALL TREES & LOG.

## 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 FTW74FPG42](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW74FPG42), Jan 17, 1974: Piper PA-25 (N8225), Petit Jean, AR, 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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