# Accident 19750514013449A: Piper PA25235, Kent, OR, May 14, 1975

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 14, 1975
- Place: Kent, OR
- Airport: Decker Ranch
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Location: 45.1649° N, 120.6594° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Decker Ranch Airport, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.1649&lon=-120.6594&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6638Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6638Z-1977-07-21) (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: 688 total, 58 in this make and model, 122 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA7KFYC37](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA7KFYC37) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750514013449A

## Narrative

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

INSUFFICIENT PWR TO CLR OBSTRUCTIONS.STRUCK PWR LINE.CARB HT CTL FND 3/4 ON,CREEPED FWD PREVIOUSLY

## 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 SEA7KFYC37](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA7KFYC37), May 14, 1975: Piper PA-25 (N6638Z), Kent, OR, 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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