# Accident 19740720021599A: Piper PA25, Gothenburg, NE, July 20, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 20, 1974
- Place: Gothenburg, NE
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Location: 40.9247° N, 100.1539° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Gothenburg, NE, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.9247&lon=-100.1539&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6302Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6302Z-1975-10-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-25 (registry code 7102502, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA25
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,755 total, 114 in this make and model, 398 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC75DCJ11](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC75DCJ11) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740720021599A

## Narrative

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

No narrative was filed.

## 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 MKC75DCJ11](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC75DCJ11), Jul 20, 1974: Piper PA-25 (N6302Z), Gothenburg, NE, substantial damage

## Other reports on N6302Z (1)

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

- [Accident 19750801029289A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750801029289A), Aug 1, 1975: Piper PA25 (N6302Z), Briscoe, TX, 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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