# Accident 19740520016029A: Piper PA25235, Catron, MO, May 20, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 20, 1974
- Place: Catron, MO
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Location: 36.6110° N, 89.7060° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Catron, MO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.6110&lon=-89.7060&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4954Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4954Y-2003-04-29) (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: 600 total, 350 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC74DCA26](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC74DCA26) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740520016029A

## Narrative

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

UN CORRECT TURN WITH RUDDER PLT ALLOWED ACFT TO T/D IN WHEAT FLD ACFT ROLLED ABT 100FT HIT DITCH.

## 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 MKC74DCA26](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC74DCA26), May 20, 1974: Piper PA-25 (N4954Y), Catron, MO, substantial damage

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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