# Accident 19740429010209A: Piper PA25260, Othello, WA, April 29, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 29, 1974
- Place: Othello, WA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Location: 46.8233° N, 119.1619° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Othello, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.8233&lon=-119.1619&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8804L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8804L-1982-04-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-25-260 (registry code 7102508, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-25-260) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA25260
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,318 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA74DYG34](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA74DYG34) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740429010209A

## Narrative

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

PLT DIVED ACFT AFTER CLEARING 120FT PWR LINES.

## 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 SEA74DYG34](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA74DYG34), Apr 29, 1974: Piper PA-25 (N8804L), Othello, WA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N8804L (1)

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

- [Incident 19780721036059I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780721036059I), Jul 21, 1978: Piper PA25260 (N8804L), Royal City, WA, Minor damage. Spray pilot struck wires during a swath run.

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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