# Accident 19740730021979A: Piper PA25235, Payette, ID, July 30, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 30, 1974
- Place: Payette, ID
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Location: 44.0801° N, 116.9269° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Payette, ID, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.0801&lon=-116.9269&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7503Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7503Z-2017-02-04) (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: 14,000 total, 4,200 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA75DYA08](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA75DYA08) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740730021979A

## Narrative

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

STRUCK POLE DURING NIGHT OPNS.CONT FLT TO HOME BASE & LND OK.SEEDING ALFALFA.

## 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 SEA75DYA08](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA75DYA08), Jul 30, 1974: Piper PA-25 (N7503Z), Payette, ID, 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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