# Accident 19750530020239A: Piper PA25260, Monroeville, NJ, May 30, 1975

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 30, 1975
- Place: Monroeville, NJ
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Location: 39.6290° N, 75.1593° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Monroeville, NJ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.6290&lon=-75.1593&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4887Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4887Y-1995-07-18) (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: 6,312 total, 400 in this make and model, 57 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC75FHD48](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC75FHD48) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750530020239A

## Narrative

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

ACFT LDG GR STRUCK WHEAT,ACFT SETTLED INTO FIELD.

## 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 NYC75FHD48](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC75FHD48), May 30, 1975: Piper PA-25 (N4887Y), Monroeville, NJ, substantial damage

## Other reports on N4887Y (1)

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

- [Accident 19940802019989A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940802019989A), Aug 2, 1994: Piper PA25260 (N4887Y), Crown Point, NY, Destroyed. On ferry flight ran into IMC. Struck trees making a 180. Spatial disorientaion. Failure to check weather factors.

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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