# Accident 19740510012839A: Piper PA25235, Loxahatchee, FL, May 10, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 10, 1974
- Place: Loxahatchee, FL
- Airport: Knight Farm
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Aircraft: N4457Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4457Y-1982-10-30) (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: 2,500 total, 2,460 in this make and model, 250 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA74DKT78](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA74DKT78) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740510012839A

## Narrative

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

R MAIN LDG GR SHOCK STRUT P/N 64052-03 BROKE.

## 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 MIA74DKT78](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA74DKT78), May 10, 1974: Piper PA-25 (N4457Y), Loxahatchee, FL, substantial damage

## Other reports on N4457Y (1)

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

- [Accident 19790726023939A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790726023939A), Jul 26, 1979: Piper PA25 (N4457Y), Liveoak, FL, Substantial damage. Pulled up from swath run. Hit trees, then ground and nosed over.

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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