# Accident 19740530017649A: Piper PA25235, Hart, MI, May 30, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 30, 1974
- Place: Hart, MI
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Location: 43.6920° N, 86.3695° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hart, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.6920&lon=-86.3695&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4864Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4864Y-1974-08-02) (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: 884 total, 17 in this make and model, 86 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI74FEM63](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI74FEM63) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740530017649A

## Narrative

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

ACFT LINED UP BTWN 2 ROWS OF TREES 20FT APART.L WING STRUCK TOP OF 1 TREE.

## 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 CHI74FEM63](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI74FEM63), May 30, 1974: Piper PA-25 (N4864Y), Hart, MI, 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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