# Accident 19750526014269A: Piper PA28235, Fordyce, AR, May 26, 1975

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 26, 1975
- Place: Fordyce, AR
- Airport: Fordyce
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Location: 33.8458° N, 92.3655° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FORDYCE MUNI (5M4), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8458&lon=-92.3655&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9061W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9061W-1977-07-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-235 (registry code 7102810, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-235) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28235
- Reported engine: LYC
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 115 total, 66 in this make and model, 26 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW75DPG73](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW75DPG73) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750526014269A

## Narrative

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

LYC ENG O-540B4B5 NR 2 VALVE HEAD SEPARATED

## 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 FTW75DPG73](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW75DPG73), May 26, 1975: Piper PA-28 (N9061W), Fordyce, AR, substantial damage

## Other reports on N9061W (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19761119042219A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19761119042219A), Nov 19, 1976: Piper PA28235 (N9061W), Rosebud, TX, Destroyed. Impacted surface on down slope after inflt contact with trees

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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