# Accident 19750418008839A: Piper PA25235, Knippa, TX, April 18, 1975

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 18, 1975
- Place: Knippa, TX
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Location: 29.3038° N, 99.6308° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Knippa, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.3038&lon=-99.6308&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4967Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4967Y-1975-05-29) (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: 7,000 total, 4,500 in this make and model, 75 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW75DRG69](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW75DRG69) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750418008839A

## Narrative

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

ACFT TOO HEAVY FOR ZERO WIND COMPONENT.ATTMPTD JETTISON,BUT DIDNT USE OVERRIDE BUTTON.GUSTING 15K.

## 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 FTW75DRG69](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW75DRG69), Apr 18, 1975: Piper PA-25 (N4967Y), Knippa, 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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