# Accident 19750426023269A: Piper PA25, Skylight, KY, April 26, 1975

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 26, 1975
- Place: Skylight, KY
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Location: 38.4326° N, 85.5216° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Skylight, KY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.4326&lon=-85.5216&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6062Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6062Z-2013-04-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-25 (registry code 7102502, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA25
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 495 total, 65 in this make and model, 26 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD75FLQ21](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD75FLQ21) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750426023269A

## Narrative

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

WHILE MANEUVERING TO LND R WING STRUCK A 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 IAD75FLQ21](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD75FLQ21), Apr 26, 1975: Piper PA-25 (N6062Z), Skylight, KY, 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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