# Accident 19750522014759A: Piper PA25260, Fairbury, NE, May 22, 1975

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 22, 1975
- Place: Fairbury, NE
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Location: 40.1447° N, 97.1765° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fairbury, NE, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.1447&lon=-97.1765&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8717L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8717L-1975-07-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-25-260 (registry code 7102508, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-25-260) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA25260
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 25,250 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 303 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC75FCJ57](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC75FCJ57) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750522014759A

## Narrative

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

A NORTH-SOUTH DUAL SET OF PWR LINES ON E EDGE OF FLD.SPRAY PASS TO E INTO EARLING MORNING SUN.

## 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 MKC75FCJ57](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC75FCJ57), May 22, 1975: Piper PA-25 (N8717L), Fairbury, NE, 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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